Datasets
Global
Military Conscription, 1945-2013
Data: Harvard Dataverse (“toronto_clean.csv”)
Description: Extension of Toronto (2014) data on military conscription through 2013.
Citation: Matthew Cebul and Sharan Grewal. “Military Conscription and Nonviolent Resistance.” Comparative Political Studies 55:13 (2022), 2217-2249.
Power-Seeking Coups, 1946-2010
Data: Harvard Dataverse
Description: 185 coups in which the coup leaders sought to retain power rather than handing over the reins to a civilian.
Citation: Sharan Grewal and Yasser Kureshi. “How to Sell a Coup: Elections as Coup Legitimation.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 63:4 (2019), 1001-1031.
Algeria
Survey of Algerian Military, 2019-2020
Data: Harvard Dataverse (“algeria_military_survey.csv”)
Description: Survey of 2235 Algerian current and former military personnel during the Hirak protests.
Citation: Sharan Grewal. “Military Repression and Restraint in Algeria.” American Political Science Review. 118:2 (2024), 671-686.
Survey of Algerian Population, 2019-2020
Data: PRIO/JPR
Description: Survey of 18,679 Algerians during the Hirak protests.
Citation: M.Tahir Kilavuz, Sharan Grewal, and Robert Kubinec. “Ghosts of the Black Decade: How Legacies of Violence Shaped Algeria’s Hirak Protests.” Journal of Peace Research 60:1 (2023), 9-25.
Egypt
Survey of Egyptian Military, 2018
Data: Harvard Dataverse (“survey3.csv”)
Description: Survey of 2171 current and former Egyptian military personnel.
Citation: Sharan Grewal, Soldiers of Democracy? Military Legacies and the Arab Spring, Oxford University Press, 2023.
Germany
Survey of German Muslims, 2020
Data: Harvard Dataverse
Description: Phone survey of 1330 Muslims in Germany in 2020.
Citation: Sharan Grewal and Shadi Hamid. “Discrimination, Inclusion, and Anti-System Attitudes among Muslims in Germany.” American Journal of Political Science. 58:2 (2024), 511-528.
Tunisia
Survey of Retired Military Officers Association, 2016
Data: Harvard Dataverse (“survey1.csv”)
Description: Survey of 72 retired senior Tunisian military officers.
Citation: Sharan Grewal, Soldiers of Democracy? Military Legacies and the Arab Spring, Oxford University Press, 2023.
Survey of Tunisian Military, 2018
Data: Harvard Dataverse (“survey2.csv”)
Description: Survey of 271 current and former Tunisian military personnel.
Citation: Sharan Grewal, Soldiers of Democracy? Military Legacies and the Arab Spring, Oxford University Press, 2023.
Parliamentary Voting Records, 2011-2014
Data: Harvard Dataverse
Description: Voting records of Ennahda MPs in the 2011-2014 constituent assembly. Contact me for other parties.
Citation: Sharan Grewal. “From Islamists to Muslim Democrats: The Case of Tunisia’s Ennahda.” American Political Science Review 114:2 (2020), 519-535.
Delegation-level Election Results, 2011-2019
Data: Harvard Dataverse
Description: Vote share of the Ennahda party in the 2011, 2014, and 2019 elections. Contact me for other parties.
Citation: Sharan Grewal. “The Islamist Advantage: The Religious Infrastructure of Electoral Victory.” British Journal of Political Science. 55 (2025), 1-25.
Tunisian Mosques, 2019
Data: Harvard Dataverse
Description: Number of mosques per delegation in January 2019. Contact me for raw data.
Citation: Sharan Grewal. “The Islamist Advantage: The Religious Infrastructure of Electoral Victory.” British Journal of Political Science. 55 (2025), 1-25.