About
Margareta Sollenberg is a Researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, specializing in quantitative analysis of armed conflict and violence patterns. Her work forms a cornerstone of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), producing globally recognized datasets on organized violence and civilian victimization.
Her research concentrates on peace and conflict dynamics, particularly armed conflict measurement, spatial patterns of civilian targeting, and methodological challenges in conflict data collection. She has pioneered approaches for identifying one-sided violence and ethnic conflict, with extensive contributions to understanding civil war trends and post-Cold War conflict evolution. Her expertise spans international security frameworks and civilian protection mechanisms in war zones.
Analysis of her 2015-2025 publications reveals a consistent trajectory in conflict data science, increasingly focusing on civilian harm quantification and geographic dimensions of violence. Her work demonstrates strong international collaboration patterns and methodological innovation in transforming raw conflict reports into structured datasets used by policymakers and researchers worldwide.
No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials.
The available information contains no details regarding graduate student supervision or specific grant funding beyond institutional UCDP support.
Margareta Sollenberg's research operates within Uppsala University's Department of Peace and Conflict Research framework, contributing to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program's global leadership in conflict dataset production without indication of separate laboratory structures.
