Data on Nuclear Rivalries, Negotiations, and Agreements
The purpose of this working group is to identify needs for and develop new data on issues related to disarmament and nuclear weapons. The working group has built a database of arms control and disarmament agreements which offers a comprehensive overview of arms-control agreements since 1817. The first version of the database was released in June 2024 and include a rich set of online visualisation tools and search functions. The June 2025 second and updated release is extended the set of agreements included and introduced new data formats.
Primary Research topics
- Identify needs for new data and gaps in existing data on issues related to nuclear weapons, and then to develop new data to meet those needs and fill those gaps.
- Develop a system for classifying and systematising disarmament agreements and the content of the agreements in great detail, so as to facilitate comparison, overview, and the identification of patterns and trends.
- Make a complete set of data on nuclear disarmament available and easily accessible in a format that facilitates overview and comparisons.
Working Group Leader: Dr Magnus Öberg
Dr Magnus Öberg received his PhD in Peace and Conflict Research in 2003. Öberg is currently the Director of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, where he served as Head of Department 2012-2017. Dr Magnus Öberg’s main research interests are the causes of war, escalation processes, the human impact of war and conflict data.
Working Group Members
- Kyle Beardsley, Professor of Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
- Matthew C. Fuhrmann, Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University
- Scott Gates, Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
- Siri Jansson, Research Assistant, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
- Rupal N. Mehta, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Margareta Sollenberg, Deputy Director UCDP, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
- Alexander Sorg, Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow, Harvard University
AMC Data
Working Group 3 have built and manage the database AMC Data, which offers a comprehensive overview of arms-control agreements. The database has rich functionality including a data visualiser.
Publications
Forthcoming
- Öberg, Magnus, and Siri Jansson. 2026a. “AMC Data: Introducing the Alva Myrdal Centre Online Database for Arms Control Agreements.” under review at Arms Control Today.
- Öberg, Magnus, and Siri Jansson. 2026b. “Mapping Arms Control Verification Since the 19th Century: Insights from AMC Data.” In Verification in Nuclear Arms Control: Between Compliance and Controversy, eds. Armend Bekaj and Peter Wallensteen. London: Routledge.
2026
- Jansson, Siri, Heiligová, Tereza, Skipitis, Robertas, and Magnus Öberg. 2026. The AMC Encyclopedia of Arms Control Agreements. Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament, Uppsala University.
2024
- Jansson, Siri; Tereza Heiligová, Daike Möhrle, Robertas Skipitis, Magnus Öberg 2024. The Agreement Datasets Code Book & List of Variables. Uppsala: Alva Myrdal Center for Nuclear Disarmament, Uppsala University.
- The AMC Data Arms control Agreements Datasets: The Agreement Dataset, The Weapons & Facilities Dataset, The Verified Compliance Mechanism Dataset, The Agreement Associations Dataset.
Contact
- For questions about the working group's research and activities:
- Magnus Öberg