“Journalists equipped with data and empirics have a very powerful instrument to enlighten, but also to ask decision-makers the right questions,” said PRIO’s Tollefsen, a self-described human geographer. How does it translate into real-world news reporting? What kind of stories does it help to tell? The data these groups collect is impressive and, at times, daunting. Statistics showed that nearly 10 times more children are at risk now than three decades ago, when the toll was 8.5 million. Active research projects are listed alphabetically and include dozens of topics. Data projects include collecting conflict start and end dates to aid in the study of the duration of violence and adding figures for yearly combat deaths. Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO): Explores how conflicts erupt and can be resolved investigates how different kinds of violence affect people and examines how societies tackle crises. Operates under the slogan, “Bringing clarity to crisis.” Users can explore data with an interactive dashboard. Collects real-time data on the locations, dates, actors, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events across the globe.
Illustrative charts, graphs, and maps are also available.Īrmed Conflict Location & Event Dataset (ACLED): Described as disaggregated data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping platform. UCDP offers datasets on organized violence and peacemaking, which can be downloaded for free through the UCDP downloads website. Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP): Datasets on conflict and peacekeeping including peace agreements, intrastate armed conflict, non-state conflict, one-sided violence, and conflict termination. Also included are examples of how the media use these datasets to report on armed conflict and how these groups collaborate. Following are thumbnail sketches of three large-scale data-collection projects often cited in media reports and scholarly studies. Reviewing some of the producers of conflict event datasets and their specialties helps narrow the search. Image: Shutterstock By Sherry Ricchiardi- GIJN
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