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Conflict prevention

Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland (CIDCM)


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Research centre focusing on development and conflict resolution.

Programmes include: Information Technology, Social Equity and Development (ITSED) Program, including the African Telematics Project; the Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (INSCR) Program, which features

  • Global Event-Data System (GEDS) Project which tracks the day-to-day interactions of states and major non-state communities and organizations, using on-line news reports. GEDS generates both retrospective data for research and near-real-time data for collaborative international crisis early warning systems. Available online
  • Minorities at Risk Project, which monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups

Web site includes full-text project documents

Website: http://www.cidcm.umd.edu
Email: Director: ewilson@cidcm.umd.edu
Tel: (301) 314-7703
Fax: (301) 314-9256
Address: CIDCM, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-723, USA