UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset: Conflict Events in Malaysia

The UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset provides disaggregated data on individual events of organized violence in Malaysia. Events are geo-coded to the village level and have temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is sourced from Uppsala University's Department of Peace and Conflict Research and was last updated on 2026-04 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 disaggregated event data.

Strengths

• Events are geo-coded to the level of individual villages.
• Temporal durations are disaggregated to single, individual days.
• Dataset is based on established academic research from Uppsala University.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data collection and coding methodology described in the UCDP GED Codebook and associated journal publications.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:25:32.228540; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malaysia.