Lion Kircheis is a Doctoral Researcher at the Research Group for International Politics and Conflict Research at the University of Konstanz under supervision of Professor Nina von Uexkull and PRIO Research Professor Halvard Buhaug. He is affiliated with PRIO through the POLIMPACT project, which is co-funding the doctoral project. Lion's research interests lie broadly in the determinants and consequences of violence and conflict, with a particular emphasis on climate change, its mitigation, and environmental factors. Exploring these intersectionalities, he employs quantitative methods, geographical data analysis, and statistical modeling.