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Researching Peace – a podcast by Uppsala University

#39 The Challenge and Potential of Conflict Data – with Therese Pettersson

17 min • 17 juni 2025

In this episode UCDP Research coordinator Therese Pettersson discusses their newly released data for the year 2024. She also walks us through how the Uppsala Conflict Data Program ensures the quality of the datasets and how they tacke key challenges in data collection.

Further resources:

A special data feature in which the UCDP team discusses the data is available open access on the Journal of Peace Research website.

We also recommend the latest episode of PRIO's Peace in a Pod, which asks what the rise in global conflict means for children in the affected areas.

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#39 The Challenge and Potential of Conflict Data – with Therese Pettersson

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