
Scott Fenn
Ax:Son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy Doctoral Fellow
Biography
Scott Fenn is a a part-time PhD student and Fellow at the Centre for Statecraft and National Security (CSNS). He is a Predoctoral Fellow in the inaugural cohort of the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy (AJI); a partnership between CSNS, the Centre for Geopolitics at Cambridge University, Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and the Center for Statecraft and Political Communication at the Stockholm School of Economics.
His research topic is the roles and responses to environmental security issues in British international policy between 1967 and 1997.
Fenn works at the Cabinet Office in Cyber/AIxCyber Policy. He has previously worked at the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, and with the United Nations. He has worked in various policy, strategy, and security related positions.
Research Interests
- History of UK Climate Change Strategy and Policy
- Environmental Security
- Climate Security
- Grand Strategy
- Foreign Policy
- Diplomacy
- Climate Change and International Order
- World Order
Supervisor
- Dr Maeve Ryan
Research

Environmental Security research group
The Environmental Security research group brings together scholars from the security community and scholars working on issues of environmental security.
Centre for Statecraft and National Security
A leading academic institution in the heart of London, we are focused on the past, present, and future of statecraft, national security, and international order.
Features
Passing the Precipice: Can Resilience to a Changing Climate Produce a False Sense of Security?
A spotlight on research piece written by Scott Fenn for our latest Centre for Grand Strategy newsletter.

Research

Environmental Security research group
The Environmental Security research group brings together scholars from the security community and scholars working on issues of environmental security.
Centre for Statecraft and National Security
A leading academic institution in the heart of London, we are focused on the past, present, and future of statecraft, national security, and international order.
Features
Passing the Precipice: Can Resilience to a Changing Climate Produce a False Sense of Security?
A spotlight on research piece written by Scott Fenn for our latest Centre for Grand Strategy newsletter.
