pavankmarr/African-Conflict-Analysis-1989-2024

# Spatiotemporal Analysis of Organized Violence in Africa (1989–2024) **Author:** [Pavankumar Rajasekaran] **Contact:** [prajasea@gmu.edu] **Affiliation:** [George Mason University / Genocide Prevention Program at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution] ## Project Overview This repository contains the source code, data, and documentation necessary to generate an interactive Quarto dashboard analyzing organized violence across the African continent. The project bridges computational data science and peace and conflict studies, utilizing geospatial and temporal data to visualize macro-level conflict trends, actor behaviors, and civilian impact over a 35-year period. ## Data Source The primary empirical data driving this analysis is the **Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) Georeferenced Event Dataset (GED) Global version 24.1** (or corresponding version). * **Citation:** Sundberg, Ralph, and Erik Melander, 2013, "Introducing the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset", *Journal of Peace Research*, vol.50, no.4, 523-532. * **Temporal Scope:** 1989 – 2024 * **Geographic Scope:** Africa ### Methodological Note on Data Processing To optimize the computational performance of the `crosstalk` HTML widgets and to isolate statistically significant macro-level trends, the raw UCDP dataset has been pre-filtered. The dashboard strictly displays events that resulted in an estimated threshold of **5 or more total fatalities** (the `best` estimate variable). ## Repository Contents * `[Your_Filename].qmd`: The primary Quarto markdown file containing the narrative text, variable codebook, and the embedded R code required to construct the HTML dashboard. * `globaldata.rds`: The serialized R data file containing the UCDP GED dataset. *(Note: Ensure this file is in the same working directory as the .qmd file prior to rendering).* * `references.bib`: The BibTeX file containing the necessary academic citations for the project. * `README.md`: This documentation file. ## Pr …