What Does it Mean to Measure Violence? Navigating the Conflict and Violence Data Landscape

How do we measure violence or conflict? Is it the number of homicides? Battle deaths? What are the implications of using certain indicators over others to inform programming and policy? A lack of clear data on the scale and nature of violence and conflict can be a critical barrier to the effectiveness of peacebuilding efforts, whether the task at hand is analyzing the conflict, designing programs, informing policy, or evaluating the effectiveness of our interventions. This session seeks to explore challenges in the current conflict and violence data landscape and to highlight considerations and approaches to enable more widespread and effective integration of these data into peacebuilding efforts.