All databases
25 of the most important academic databases on armed conflicts: “Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project” (ACLED), “Correlates Of War” (COW), “Center for Systemic Peace” (CSP), “Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research” (HIIK), “Peace Research Institute Oslo” (PRIO), “Uppsala Conflict Data Program” (UCDP) etc.
27 analysis metadata: I/ Conflict variable, II/ Time variable, III/ Space variable, IV/ Data structure, V/ All variables, VI/ Transparency, VII/ Update, VIII/ Access etc. For full details, see the “CONFLICT DATABASE COMPASS codebook” article.
Below, you’ll find an analysis sheet for each database.
Via the “DATAWAR compass” page, you can search by metadata.
[CSP] Major Episodes of Political Violence (MEPV) and Conflict Regions (v. 2018) (not Full Set)
“Center for Systemic Peace, Major Episodes of Political Violence, 1946-2018 (War List), [A/] Annual Set lists annual, cross-national, time-series data on interstate, societal, and communal warfare magnitude scores (independence, interstate,…
[HIIK] Conflict Barometer (v. 2021)
“The HIIK dataset is based on information gathered in its CONTRA database. For each conflict, the dataset provides specific conflict information.” (codebook, p. 2) HIIK_CoBa_2021_dataset_codebook I/ Conflict variableI/1/ Unit of…
[PRIO] Conflict Site Dataset (v. 2.0)
“The Conflict Site Dataset is an extension to the UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflicts Dataset that provides coordinates for the conflict zones and lists of countries in which the conflicts were located….
[PRIO] Conflict Site Dataset (v. 3.0)
“The Conflict Site Dataset is an extension to the UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflicts Dataset that provides coordinates for the conflict zones and lists of countries in which the conflicts were located….
[PRIO] Location of Armed Conflict Onset Dataset (LACOD) (v. 1.0)
“The Location of Armed Conflict Onset Dataset provides information about where within a country internal armed conflicts erupt. The scope is internal armed conflicts in the UCDP-PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset…
[PRIO] The Natural Resource Conflict Dataset (v. 1.0)
“The natural resource conflict dataset code whether internal armed conflicts are clearly linked to natural resources. We acknowledge that different types of resources can serve the same purpose in a…
[PRIO] Water-Related Intrastate Conflict and Cooperation (WARICC) (v. 1.0)
“Research on the conditions that facilitate or prevent sustainable management of local, national, and international freshwater resources has intensified over the recent years, largely because of the severe impact of…
[UCDP] Battle-Related Deaths Dataset (v. 22.1) (Conflict version)
“There are two versions of the UCDP Battle-related Deaths Dataset (BRD), depending on the unit of analysis (resolution) employed. As such, there is:1. a dyadic version, where each individual conflict…
[UCDP] Battle-Related Deaths Dataset (v. 22.1) (Dyadic version)
“There are two versions of the UCDP Battle-related Deaths Dataset (BRD), depending on the unit of analysis (resolution) employed. As such, there is:1. a dyadic version, where each individual conflict…