Roudabeh Kishi previously served as the Director of Research & Innovation at ACLED. She oversaw research at the organization, including data collection via the regional research desks, methodology team, and management of research partnerships; data science and analysis; and communications. Dr. Kishi holds a PhD in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. She has worked as a consultant for numerous organizations around political violence, peace and conflict, development, gender, and quantitative data methods.
Sexual violence as a weapon of political conflict is a conscious strategy employed by armed…
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With so many different forms of data collection on conflict and violence types and locations,…
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When working with quantitative data, it is often necessary to merge data from multiple datasets.…
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A unit of relative risk is necessary in order to be able to draw comparisons…
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Unidentified armed groups (UAGs) constitute a large share of violent actors in the ACLED dataset;…
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ACLED’s release of data for Asia in addition to ACLED’s African data will allow for…
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Children in conflict zones are subject to high rates of violence (killing, or severely harming),…
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Violence against children is a conscious strategy employed by armed groups within conflict contexts. When…
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Sexual violence (e.g. rape) is a conscious strategy frequently employed by armed groups to torture…
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