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Peter Wallensteen

UCDP founder — peace research · Sweden

Affiliated with Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)

Academic — peer-reviewed

Founder of UCDP; senior adviser emeritus on conflict-data methodology.

Funding & financing

University emeritus status; advisory role.

Affiliations

Uppsala University; Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation affiliations.

Disclosures & conflicts

Founder-adviser role is methodological, not operational coding of current Gaza statistics day to day.

Credibility & caveats

Foundational authority on conflict-data standards used globally.

Cases in this record

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Sources & disclosures