UCDP Georeferenced Event Data for Syria: Daily Conflict Violence

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset covers individual events of organized violence in the Syrian Arab Republic. Events are geo-coded to the village level and have temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is published by the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of conflict intensity based on village-level geo-coding.
• Model temporal dynamics of violence based on daily event disaggregation.
• Conduct sub-national conflict risk assessment based on georeferenced event data.
• Validate or supplement news-based conflict reporting with structured event data.

Strengths

• Events are geo-coded down to the level of individual villages.
• Temporal durations are disaggregated to single, individual days.
• Dataset is based on UCDP's methodology and referenced in peer-reviewed journals.

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 or temporal bias inherent to the source collection methods.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely compiled from news reports, NGO accounts, and other sources documenting organized violence.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:26:49.150205; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Syrian Arab Republic.