Expert Bio

Marisol Maddox is a Senior Arctic Analyst at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and an Operational Research Analyst at PolArctic, LLC.

Ms. Maddox's larger body of research considers the Arctic nexus of climate change, security, and geopolitics. She is particularly interested in convergence, and how the growing presence of actorless threats-- such as climate change and biodiversity loss-- interplays with traditional security challenges and strategic thinking. 

Ms. Maddox is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a non-resident research fellow at the Center for Climate & Security. She regularly teaches at the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, the Foreign Service Institute, and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. She teaches a graduate course on Environmental Security at Syracuse University as an adjunct professor.

Ms. Maddox previously contributed Arctic expertise through work with the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats and the Newport Arctic Scholars Initiative of the U.S. Naval War College. She frequently publishes and speaks on Arctic security, climate change, and geopolitics. Her commentary has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Business Insider, and Science among other outlets.

Ms. Maddox holds an M.A. in International Security with a concentration in Transnational Challenges from George Mason University’s Schar School. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Ecosystems from Binghamton University.