Conflict description
The continuous critical analysis of violent conflicts around the world - their causes, dynamics and consequences - constitutes the core task of the programme. The principal output of this research is the chapter on trends in armed conflicts produced for the SIPRI Yearbook, but this work also feeds into the development of particular thematic research projects (please follow links below).
The findings of the Conflict Data Project at Uppsala University (UCDP) are published each year in the SIPRI Yearbook as an appendix to the chapter on major armed conflicts. On other progrmme related datasets, see Multilateral Peace Operations Data and Global Peace Index (GPI).
