Laura Sorica

East Asia Pacific Research Manager at Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Laura Sorica is an accomplished Research Manager at the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) since August 2019, where responsibilities include overseeing research on protests and political violence in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific, managing a team of researchers, and producing weekly real-time data. Prior roles include serving as a Research Manager focusing on East Asia and as an East Asia Researcher, where research concentrated on social movements in Japan. Additional experience includes conducting research on security policies for the Department of International and Advanced Japanese Studies at the University of Tsukuba and supporting the Embassy of Romania to Japan as an intern. Laura's educational background includes a master's degree in International Relations and Affairs from the University of Tsukuba and dual bachelor's degrees in Linguistics and Political Science from Hyperion University of Bucharest and the University of Bucharest respectively.

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Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

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The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a disaggregated data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping project. ACLED is the highest quality and most widely used real-time data source on political violence and protest around the world. Practitioners, researchers, and governments depend on ACLED for the latest reliable information on current conflict and disorder patterns. ACLED’s aim is to capture the forms, actors, dates, and locations of political violence and protest as it occurs across states. The ACLED team conducts analysis to describe, explore, and test conflict scenarios, and makes both data and analysis open to use by the public. To read our analysis and download ACLED data, visit: www.acleddata.com. Please contact admin@acleddata.com with comments or queries regarding the ACLED dataset. To receive regular updates from ACLED with the latest data and analysis as it becomes available, subscribe to our mailing list at: www.acleddata.com/subscribe


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