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Projects
Ushahidi -- Tracking the Eastern Congo Conflict.

ISFEREA -- Enumeration of refugee camps (2003...

Publications
A Population-Based Assessment of Human Rights Abuses Committed Against Ethnic.... Vincent Iacopino, MD, PhD; Martina W. Frank, MPH; Heidi M....

Accounting for scale: Measuring geography in quantitative studies of civil.... Bahaug H.; Lujala P.

Black migration at the margin of freedom. Nanda R. Shrestha; Wilbur I. Smith; Charles L. Evans

Programs
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Data and Tools
Armed Conflict Location and Event Data. Raleigh, Clionadh, Andrew Linke and Havard Hegre.

Digital Chart of the World.

Gridded Population of the World, v3. Center for International Earth Science Information Network...

The Geography of Armed Civil Conflict

Citation: Center for the Study of Civil War (CSCW)

The purpose of my doctoral project is to improve the study of civil war by including certain geographic and military aspects in a systematic, quantitative fashion. I aim to answer questions like these: To what extent are geographic factors like topography, natural resources, climate and conflict location key determinants of course and outcome of internal conflicts? How do geographic elements interact with military attributes of the warring parties?