About the Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War ProjectCOW_ae1bb2e4-bae8-11e5-8d86-d19e4630016fCorrelates of War PeopleZeev MaozDirector -- University of California, Davis (since January 2013) -- The Correlates of War project is headed by a director charged with overseeing and coordinating the main activities of the project. These include tracking the status of the project's data sets, convening meetings, setting data gathering priorities and directions, helping to resolve coding disputes, grant getting, and coordinating with other data collection and management efforts as appropriate. The Director serves at the pleasure of the Advisory Board and is initially appointed for a 5 year term, which is renewable.J. David SingerPast Director (deceased), 1963-1998Stuart BremerPast Director (deceased), 1998-2002D. Scott BennettPast Director (interim), 2002-2004Paul F. DiehlPast Director, 2005-2012D. Scott BennettAssociate Director -- Pennsylvania State University (since 2005) -- The associate director is responsible for the maintenance of the data archive and the more technical aspects of the project. These include maintaining and managing the web site, posting data sets, and overseeing the format of data sets and associated documentation. The COW data archive is currently managed at the Pennsylvania State University. The Associate Director serves at the pleasure of the Advisory Board for an indefinite period.COW Advisory BoardThe Correlates of War project is overseen by an advisory board, which meets twice a year at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association and Peace Science Society (International) respectively. The board is composed of 9 voting members. Three of these members are elected from the data hosts group; the other six members are elected from nominations made by past and present members of the advisory board. The Director of the project consults with the Advisory Board on important matters and as the Director deems necessary. Final decisions about matters such as the appointment of the director and associate director, data set hosts and procedures, the adoption of new coding rules or restructuring of typologies and datasets, and the addition of new data as officially-designated COW data sets rest with the Advisory Board.Patricia SullivanUniversity of North Carolina, through April 2016Paul HenselUniversity of North Texas, through April 2016Brett Ashley LeedsRice University, through April 2017Resat BayerKoc University, though April 2017Jessica WeeksUniversity of Wisconsin, through April 2018Alex BraithwaiteUniversity of Arizona, through April 2018Michaela MattesUniversity of California-Berkeley, through April 2018Will MooreFlorida State University, through April 2018Megan ShannonUniversity of Colorado-Boulder, through April 2018COW Data HostsA major practical issue in collecting and releasing updated cross-national and cross-time data sets such as those collected by the COW Project has been the amount of resources needed to simultaneously maintain a large number of data sets. As a result, COW has implemented a distributed system of data set hosting based on the notion of "coordinated decentralization." The goal is for each COW data set to obtain a semi-permanent "home" and "host," that is, an institution and an individual who will agree to maintain a data set and the related documentation for a period of time. The care given to a data set by its host follows a set of guidelines designed to ensure continued consistency with COW standards. The Director and the COW Advisory Board are responsible for monitoring data sets and hosts. Doug GiblerAlliances (Formal) - University of AlabamaPaul HenselContiguity (Direct & Colonial) - University of North TexasErrol HendersonCultural - Penn State UniversityZeev MaozCultural - UC-DavisResat BayerDiplomatic - Koc UniversityTim NordstromIGOs - University of MississippiJon PevehouseIGOs - University of WisconsinMeg ShannonIGOs - University of Colorado Jeff DixonIntrastate War - Texas A&M-Central TexasMeredith SarkeesIntrastate War - Global Women's Leadership in International Security (GWLIS)Meredith SarkeesInterstate & Extrastate War - GWLISFrank WaymanInterstate & Extrastate War - University of Michigan-DearbornGlenn PalmerMIDs - Penn State UniversityAlex BratihwaiteMIDs Location - University of ArizonaMichael GreigNational Material Capabilities - University of North TexasAndrew EnterlineNational Material Capabilities - University of North TexasVolker KrauseSystem Membership - Eastern Michigan UniversityPhil SchaferSystem Membership - University of MichiganPaul DiehlTerritorial Change - University of IllinoisKatherine BarbieriTrade - University of South CarolinaOmar KeshkTrade - The Ohio State University _ae1bb4b0-bae8-11e5-8d86-d19e4630016fTo facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in international relations._ae1bb56e-bae8-11e5-8d86-d19e4630016fScienceKey principles of the project include a commitment to standard scientific principles of replication, data reliability, documentation, review, and the transparency of data collection procedures. ReplicationReliabilityDocumentationReviewTransparencyFreedom of InformationMore specifically, we are committed to the free public release of data sets to the research community, to release data in a timely manner after data collection is completed, to provide version numbers for data set and replication tracking, to provide appropriate dataset documentation, and to attempt to update, document, and distribute follow-on versions of datasets where possible.TimelinessWebsite_ae1bb618-bae8-11e5-8d86-d19e4630016fWe intend to use our website as the center of our data distribution efforts, to serve as central site for collection of possible error information and questions, to provide a forum for interaction with users of Correlates of War data, and as a way for the international relations community to contribute to the continuing development of the project.Data DistributionDistribute data_ae1bb6cc-bae8-11e5-8d86-d19e4630016f1Errors & QuestionsCollect error information and questions_ae1bb776-bae8-11e5-8d86-d19e4630016f2InteractionInteract with users of Correlates of War data_ae1bb82a-bae8-11e5-8d86-d19e4630016f3Project DevelopmentEnable the international relations community to contribute to the continuing development of the project_ae1bb8de-bae8-11e5-8d86-d19e4630016f4International Relations Community2016-01-14http://www.correlatesofwar.org/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net