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The Global South harbors a large share of imperiled biodiversity. Effective research and conservation in the Global South are negatively affected by weak or turbulent socio-political contexts, such as poor governance and/or high violence levels. There is a need to understand how priorities for research and conservation relate to different levels of violence and governance, in order to highlight opportunities and challenges for biodiversity conservation. We explore the spatial overlap between density of violence and raptor research and conservation priorities, and unveil the effect of considering governance and violence when prioritizing areas for raptor research and conservation. Raptors are a group of species potentially highly affected by violence that may lead to proliferation of firearms and uncontrolled wildlife resource extraction. We found low spatial correlation between raptor research and conservation priorities …