UCDP Georeferenced Event Data for Australia: Daily Conflict Events

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset records individual events of organized violence with precise location and timing. Events are geo-coded to the village level and have temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is maintained by the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and was last updated on 2026-03-03.

Use Cases

• Spatial analysis of conflict patterns based on village-level geo-coding.
• Temporal trend analysis of violence based on daily event durations.
• Modeling the intensity and spread of organized violence based on individual event records.
• Cross-referencing conflict events with other socio-economic or environmental datasets using precise location and date.

Strengths

• Events are geo-coded to the level of individual villages, enabling high-resolution spatial analysis.
• Temporal durations are disaggregated to single, individual days, providing precise timing.
• Dataset is based on the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset methodology, a standard in conflict research.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the source, focusing on Australia.

Provenance

Source

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from news reports, humanitarian agencies, and other sources documenting organized violence.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 14:27:44.206712; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia