April 27 // Move Fast and Break (the Right) Things: Hastening the Clean Energy Transition without Compromising Reliability, Affordability, and the Environment

April 27, 2023

May 9 // Reflections on 20 Years of Homelessness Policy Continuity in Knoxville

April 26, 2023

April 24 // The Sociotechnical Dynamics of Negative Emissions, Carbon Removal, and Solar Geoengineering

April 24, 2023

April 20 // U.S. Grand Strategy in a New Era of Great Power Competition: America’s National Story

April 12, 2023

April 13 // Carbon Sovereignty: coal, development, and energy transition in the Navajo Nation

April 3, 2023

March 31 // U.S. Representative Mark Green hosted by the Baker Center

March 31, 2023

March 30 // Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector: Challenges and Policy Options

March 30, 2023

March 27 // Braver Angels Collegiate Debate: Should Assault Weapons Be Banned?

March 27, 2023

March 23 // A Conversation about Equity and Viability Concerns in Energy Law and Policy

March 23, 2023

March 9 // Are Carbon Markets Reshaping the US Electricity Industry?

March 9, 2023

March 6 // U.S. Policy in the Indo-Pacific: Standing by our Allies

March 6, 2023

March 1 // U.S. – Japan Strategic Alliance Series

March 1, 2023

Feb. 28 // 2023 Japanese Business Roundtable

February 28, 2023

Feb. 27 // A Conversation with Dr. Russ Wigginton

February 27, 2023

Feb. 1 // Energy Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

January 24, 2023

August 16 – 18 // Southeast Energy Policy Forum

January 12, 2023

China Town Hall : Local Connections, National Reflection

November 4, 2022

NOV 3 // Economics and Epidemiology: Beyond Dollars and Cents

November 3, 2022

NOV 2 // Analyzing and Addressing Gun Violence in Knoxville: Key People, Places and Strategies

November 2, 2022

OCT 13 // How China’s Rare Earth Monopoly is Reshaping the World

October 13, 2022

OCT 27 // Vulnerability of U.S. Water Supply to Climate Change

October 7, 2022

NOV 4 // Regeneration: Healing the Earth to End Climate Change

October 7, 2022

NOV 11 // Base Politics: The Double-Edged Sword of Jacksonian Squatter Democracy

October 7, 2022

DEC 1 // A Vision for Future Mobility for Tennessee

October 7, 2022

OCT 21 // Vols Making an Impact in International Development

October 6, 2022

OCT 24 // Are Our Differences of Political Opinion Still Making Us Stronger?

October 6, 2022

OCT 3 // Energy & Environment Forum: “A Renewed Commitment to Environmental and Energy Justice”

September 21, 2022

Sept. 14// Leadership and Governance: Civility, Understanding and Statesmanship

September 9, 2022

Sept 20 // Listen. Learn. Lead. Week: “The Right to Vote” with Jeffrey Rosen

September 9, 2022

Sept 21 // Public Square Series: “Why Vote?” Panel Discussion with Local Leaders

September 9, 2022

CANCELLED Sept 23 // Listen. Learn. Lead. Week: “Calling In The Calling Out Culture” with Loretta Ross

September 9, 2022

Sept. 24 // Listen. Learn. Lead. Week: “Voter and Civic Engagement” Tailgate

September 9, 2022

AUG 22 // Big Orange Welcome: Vol is a Verb

August 15, 2022

AUG 24 // Ice Cream Social

August 15, 2022

AUG 30 // Ashe Lecture Series: Admiral Harry Harris

July 24, 2022

The College Pipeline in East Tennessee: Where We Are, Where We’re Going, and Policy Options

May 23, 2022

Stop Violence, Save Lives: Evidence-Informed Strategies for Reducing Violent Crime

May 4, 2022

MAY 2 // Ashe Lecture with Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch

May 2, 2022

Preventing La Crosse Encephalitis Infections in the Children of East TN

April 28, 2022

Hypersonic Technology: What it is, Why it Matters, and the State of American Defense Capabilities

April 22, 2022

Knox County Commission District 10 and 11 at-large Forum

April 12, 2022

Baker Cafe: Taking the Pulse of the U.S. Economy’s Lifeblood

April 8, 2022

Knox County Commission Districts 3 and 7 Forum

April 5, 2022

2022 Baker Distinguished Lecture with Jonathan Haidt

March 31, 2022

Higher Education at a Crossroads: Funding, Accountability, and Governance Challenges of Today’s Universities

March 25, 2022

Regional Approaches to Achieve Industrial Decarbonization in the US with Valerie Karplus

March 24, 2022

RELYANT Global Supporting US Policy in Africa

March 22, 2022

‘Listen. Learn. Lead.’ Week

March 21, 2022

Research-Practice Partnerships: Working Together to Enhance Health

March 10, 2022

Ashe Lecture Series: Asia Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration with Ambassador Ken Weinstein

March 7, 2022

Baker Center Co-Launches Giants of the Senate Lecture Series

February 21, 2022