This project is directed toward understanding the conflict in Northern Ireland commonly known as the "Troubles" or "Conflict" which ran from 1968 to 1998. While there has been a great deal said and written about what took place, nowhere has the raw material (the raw data) about what took place been made publicly available to individuals so that they could explore for themselves.
Most discussion of the "Troubles"/"Conflict" concerns either individual events (like Bloody Sunday) or overall trends (there were approximately 4000 politically-related deaths). Acknowledging that the conflict took place on, and involved, multiple levels: individual, family, neighborhood, community, national, regional and international, our project is directed toward identifying and examining what took place on each level but also how the different experiences influenced each other. In a sense, we intend to identify the component parts of the "Troubles" and build it one piece at a time.
This type of disaggregation will facilitate asking previously unknown questions (e.g., how did individual family members experience political violence and how did it influence the specific family involved as well as their friends and neighbors). It also allows revisitation of other questions: exactly what happened during the "Troubles" and how does this reassessment influence our understanding of the conflict as well as the prospects of peace.
On this webpage, you will find a general overview of the project, the sources that we will use, personnel involved in the data collection, personnel involved with leading discussion about the data base construction, photos from Northern Ireland and relevant links.
Christian Davenport
Professor of Political Science - University of Michigan
Research Professor - Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Cyanne E. Loyle
Professor of Political Science - Indiana University
Christopher Sullivan
Professor of Political Science - Louisiana State University
Most discussion of the "Troubles"/"Conflict" concerns either individual events (like Bloody Sunday) or overall trends (there were approximately 4000 politically-related deaths). Acknowledging that the conflict took place on, and involved, multiple levels: individual, family, neighborhood, community, national, regional and international, our project is directed toward identifying and examining what took place on each level but also how the different experiences influenced each other. In a sense, we intend to identify the component parts of the "Troubles" and build it one piece at a time.
This type of disaggregation will facilitate asking previously unknown questions (e.g., how did individual family members experience political violence and how did it influence the specific family involved as well as their friends and neighbors). It also allows revisitation of other questions: exactly what happened during the "Troubles" and how does this reassessment influence our understanding of the conflict as well as the prospects of peace.
On this webpage, you will find a general overview of the project, the sources that we will use, personnel involved in the data collection, personnel involved with leading discussion about the data base construction, photos from Northern Ireland and relevant links.
Christian Davenport
Professor of Political Science - University of Michigan
Research Professor - Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Cyanne E. Loyle
Professor of Political Science - Indiana University
Christopher Sullivan
Professor of Political Science - Louisiana State University
