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Jonathan Lyons

Research Fellow

Jonathan Lyons

Research Fellow

Jonathan Lyons holds a BSc in Business Management from the Farmingdale State University of New York and MPA in European Studies with a technical focus on Climate and Energy from the RWTH Aachen University. For his master's thesis, Jonathan focused on a roadmap for policy makers to scale up the deployment of ocean energy technologies. He is a Research Fellow at EUROPEUM focusing on critical raw materials, end-of-life management of EV batteries and just transition for Central Europe. He cooperated with EUROPEUM Institute until summer 2024.

Hospodářské noviny | Czech lithium reserves could boost the automotive industry

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5. 3. 2024

The Czech Republic has vast reserves of lithium, a crucial resource for manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles. However, it lags behind in other aspects of the battery supply chain, such as production and recycling. And yet, these key industry sectors could potentially help in saving the local automotive industry. Jonathan Lyons, an analyst at the EUROPEUM Institute, further explored this issue and the potential benefits of lithium for the Czech economy in an article for Hospodářské noviny.

Euractiv | More wind, less coal. What are the benefits of wind energy for the Czech Republic?

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27. 12. 2023

Coal has been an important part of the Czech economy for decades. As a fossil fuel, however, it is a significant producer of greenhouse gases, especially CO2. Our Research Fellow Jonathan Lyons and Senior Research Fellow Kateřina Davidová write in their commentary about the benefits of decarbonisation and switching to wind energy.

EURACTIV: Three reasons why the Czech Republic should accelerate the transition to photovoltaics

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19. 9. 2023

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), solar energy is the cheapest source of electricity in the world, but the Czech Republic still lags far behind the European average. What are its advantages, and how to speed up its implementation in the Czech Republic as quickly as possible? These are the topics discussed by Jonathan Lyons and Kristína Kráľovská, research associates at EUROPEUM Institute, in collaboration with editor Kateřina Horáková in a new article on EURACTIV.cz.