Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
Academic conflict & fatality dataset · Uppsala University, Sweden · est. Data collection since 1979
The global standard for organized-violence and one-sided-violence death data, with low/best/high estimates and open codebooks.
Financing
organizationFunded through DEMSCORE, a Swedish Research Council national research-infrastructure grant (2021-00162); historically also Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Uppsala University, and Sida.
University research program (Dept. of Peace & Conflict Research). Collaborates with PRIO, V-Dem, and ViEWS.
Financing is shown to help readers weigh incentives and constraints. It is not a finding that the source is truthful or false.
Highly regarded, transparent, peer-reviewed. Its conservative ≥25-death inclusion threshold means under-reported violence can be undercounted, and it measures deaths — not legal genocide.
A university research program, not a membership association. The director is appointed within Uppsala University's Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Researchers and coders are hired academics and staff — not dues-paying members who vote on outputs.
Leadership & members
- Magnus ÖbergDirector (since 2018)
- Peter WallensteenFounder; now senior adviser
- ~10–15 researchers & assistantsdata coders & affiliated scholars
Named individuals reflect leadership at the time of writing; linked names have individual profiles in this record. See membership & leadership above for how they are selected.
People profiled in this record
How this source is used
This profile is used to weigh publishers, investigators, officials, or source material cited inside case evidence. It may not itself issue a genocide determination for a case. See the methodology for the source-weighting rules.
Sources & disclosures
- Datasets & funding statement — UCDP, Uppsala University