Advancing conflict research and response through satellite-derived data

TL;DR - This Nature study combines satellite-derived war-damage observations with text-based fatality records to provide a more complete picture of armed conflict. Case studies in Ukraine and Myanmar show how integrating these complementary sources can reveal violence dynamics missed by fatality-focused analysis alone.

• Improves and enriches satellite damage data and textual fatality records before fusing them.
• Mitigates source-specific limitations by combining physical-damage evidence with reported deaths.
• Expands conflict analysis beyond fatality-centric measures.
• Demonstrates the approach through case studies from Ukraine and Myanmar.