Mert Can Yilmaz
Research Engineer at Department of Peace and Conflict Research
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 61 19
- E-mail:
- mertcan.yilmaz@pcr.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Gamla Torget 3, 1tr
753 20 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0001-5374-3447
Biography
I am a Research Engineer and Senior Analyst at the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), based at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University.
My work sits at the intersection of peace and conflict research, computational social science, and data infrastructure development. I focus on developing automated tools and methodological solutions to improve the reliability, scalability, and analytical potential of large-scale conflict event data.
This includes work on conflict event coding, data harmonization, and the integration of computational approaches into traditionally human-coded datasets.
In parallel to my work on conflict data, I am a co-founder of Yapay Gündem, a platform that examines the ethical and societal implications of artificial intelligence. Through this initiative, I engage with questions related to responsible AI governance, transparency, and accountability, particularly in the context of democratic processes and information ecosystems.
I hold an MSSc in Peace and Conflict Studies and an MA in Religion in Peace and Conflict from Uppsala University. My broader research interests concern the role of emerging technologies in shaping conflict dynamics, information environments, and political behavior, with particular attention to issues such as misinformation, algorithmic governance, and the measurement of political violence.
My work draws on computational and quantitative approaches using tools such as Python, R, and SQL to support data-driven analysis in peace research.

Publications
Selection of publications
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Part of Research & Politics, 2025
- DOI for Measurement issues in conflict event data: Addressing some misconceptions about what drives differences between human-coded event datasets
- Download full text (pdf) of Measurement issues in conflict event data: Addressing some misconceptions about what drives differences between human-coded event datasets
Recent publications
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The Underreported Death Toll of Wars: A Probabilistic Reassessment From a Survey with UCDP Coders
Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2026
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Part of Research & Politics, 2025
- DOI for Measurement issues in conflict event data: Addressing some misconceptions about what drives differences between human-coded event datasets
- Download full text (pdf) of Measurement issues in conflict event data: Addressing some misconceptions about what drives differences between human-coded event datasets
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İkidillilik Çalışmaları ve Avrupalı Türkler: Bilingualism Studies and European Turks
2021
All publications
Articles in journal
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The Underreported Death Toll of Wars: A Probabilistic Reassessment From a Survey with UCDP Coders
Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2026
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Part of Research & Politics, 2025
- DOI for Measurement issues in conflict event data: Addressing some misconceptions about what drives differences between human-coded event datasets
- Download full text (pdf) of Measurement issues in conflict event data: Addressing some misconceptions about what drives differences between human-coded event datasets