Political violence

ACLED Conflict Index 2024

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2024

ACLED Conflict Index 2024 Get reputable data from the team who measure and assess political violence worldwide using indicators based on deadliness, danger to civilians, geographic diffusion, and armed group fragmentation. It enables nation states to be ranked and compared according to levels of conflict. Regional and global assessments made.

Posted in Criminology, Data, International Relations, Politics, Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management, Security and risk | Tagged Conflict, Political violence

Conflict Severity Index

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2023

ACLED is launching a new Conflict Severity Index. This tool will enable researches to compare the extent and severity of conflicts worldwide. Four indicators are used: deadliness, danger, diffusion, and fragmentation.The Conflict Severity Index has interactive visualization as well as a full report explaining its indicators, methodology, and findings.

Posted in Criminology, Politics, Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management, Security and risk | Tagged Conflict, Political violence, War