Mert Can Yilmaz

Mert Can Yilmaz is 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.

His work sits at the intersection of peace and conflict research, computational social science, and data infrastructure development. He focuses 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.

He holds an MSSc in Peace and Conflict Studies and an MA in Religion in Peace and Conflict from Uppsala University. His 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.