Professor Bayham will highlight several insights from interdisciplinary efforts, discussing their application during the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest a path forward for research on economic epidemiology.
NOV 3 , 2022 • 1:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
Baker Center’s Global Security Program Launches New Japan Ambassador Program
The Baker Center and Institute Welcome New Employees
Spring Local Government Fellows Program
Feb. 28 // 2023 Japanese Business Roundtable
March 1 // U.S. – Japan Strategic Alliance Series
Am I Using my Morals as a Weapon or a Gift?
Recap: A Vision for Future Mobility in Tennessee
New Research Explains Why Information Spaces Are Rife With Misinformation
Recap: Economics and Epidemiology
Advanced Manufacturing in the American South
What is the Future of Global Trade?
What is the Senate Filibuster and Why Should We Care?
China Town Hall : Local Connections, National Reflection
Recap: Analyzing and Addressing Gun Violence in Knoxville – Key People, Places and Strategies
NOV 3 // Economics and Epidemiology: Beyond Dollars and Cents
NOV 2 // Analyzing and Addressing Gun Violence in Knoxville: Key People, Places and Strategies
Thomas Abt returns to the Baker Center to provide an update on the work he has been doing with Knoxville to identify local sources of gun violence and develop strategies to reduce them.
NOV 2, 2022 • 5:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness
Recap: How China’s Rare Earth Monopoly is Reshaping the World
Stock Turnover and the Decarbonization of U.S. Passenger Vehicles
Baker Center Partners with City of Knoxville on Student Fellows Program
Baker Center Partners with City of Knoxville on Student Fellows Program
What Still Ails Us a Decade After the Affordable Care Act?
What Can Be Done About the Affordable Housing Crisis?
What Can Be Done About the Affordable Housing Crisis?
OCT 13 // How China’s Rare Earth Monopoly is Reshaping the World
China’s early strategy of capturing a market share for production of rare earth elements now puts China in a controlling position of critical materials.
OCT 13, 2022 • 1:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
OCT 27 // Vulnerability of U.S. Water Supply to Climate Change
Dr. Travis Warziniack will discuss his study on the trends in freshwater use and supply throughout the U.S. and their implications for future shortages.
OCT 27, 2022 • 1:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
NOV 4 // Regeneration: Healing the Earth to End Climate Change
NOV 11 // Base Politics: The Double-Edged Sword of Jacksonian Squatter Democracy
Historian John Suval will give a lecture that examines the dangers of unleashing forces that defy political control by discussing Jacksonian Squatter Democracy.
NOV 11, 2022 • 12:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
DEC 1 // A Vision for Future Mobility for Tennessee
Kevin Heaslip will discuss the Center’s future research that will look into advancements of transportation electrification and digitization promise to revolutionize the future of mobility at a scale that will transform the movement of people and goods all over the world.
DEC 1, 2022 • 1:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
OCT 21 // Vols Making an Impact in International Development
Learn how to build a meaningful career working for a global nonprofit from some Volunteers who came before you.
OCT 21, 2022 • 12:30 pm
Lindsay Young Auditorium
OCT 24 // Are Our Differences of Political Opinion Still Making Us Stronger?
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan and Heidi Heitkamp have a conversation about how our institutions and communities can navigate passionate disagreements.
OCT 24, 2022 • 6:00PM
Student Union Ballroom
How Important is it to Address Our National Debt?
EPISODE 4: The United States owes its debtors more than $30 trillion. To dig into how the U.S. got here and what’s at stake, the governors call on Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
Where Do Charter Schools Fit In Public Education?
EPISODE 3: Nina Rees and Kaya Henderson join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the role that charter schools play in public education today.
Kelly Morrison
Kelly Morrison
Kelly Morrison is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and a Global Security Faculty Affiliate at the Baker Center…
Sojeong Lee
Sojeong Lee
Sojeong Lee is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for the Global Security Program and Managing Editor for International Studies Quarterly…
Are We Moving Fast Enough to Address Climate Change?
EPISODE 2: To talk climate change, former governors Bredesen and Haslam turned to two fellow Tennesseans: former Vice President Al Gore and Jeff Lyash, the president and CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the nation’s largest public utility.
OCT 3 // Energy & Environment Forum: “A Renewed Commitment to Environmental and Energy Justice”
Dr. Tony Reames: “A Renewed Commitment to Environmental and Energy Justice.”
OCT. 3, 2022 • 1:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
UT’s Baker Center Launches Podcast with former Governors Bredesen and Haslam
UT’s Baker Center Launches Podcast with former Governors Bredesen and Haslam.
Listen. Learn. Lead Week’s Line – Up Announced
Listen. Learn. Lead Week’s Line-Up Announced!
Sept. 14// Leadership and Governance: Civility, Understanding and Statesmanship
Join the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and the Bipartisan Policy Center for a candid conversation with former Govs. Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam.
Sept. 14, 2022 • 11:45am
Bipartisan Policy Center
Sept 20 // Listen. Learn. Lead. Week: “The Right to Vote” with Jeffrey Rosen
“The Right to Vote” with Jeffrey Rosen.
Sept. 20, 2022 • 5:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
Sept 21 // Public Square Series: “Why Vote?” Panel Discussion with Local Leaders
“Why Vote?” Panel Discussion with Local Leaders as part of Public Square Series
Sept. 21, 2022 • 5:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
CANCELLED Sept 23 // Listen. Learn. Lead. Week: “Calling In The Calling Out Culture” with Loretta Ross
“Calling In The Calling Out Culture” with Loretta Ross
Sept. 23, 2022 • 5:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
Sept. 24 // Listen. Learn. Lead. Week: “Voter and Civic Engagement” Tailgate
“Voter and Civic Engagement” Tailgate
Sept. 24 • 11:00am
Baker Center Parking Lot
Baker Center Hosts Second Event in its Constitutional Conversations Series
Baker Center Hosts Second Event in its Constitutional Conversations Series
Board of Fellows to the Institute of American Civics Announced
Board of Fellows to the Institute of American Civics Announced.
Tennessee vs. Florida Voter Challenge Begins
TN vs. FL Voter Challenge Begins!
Class of 2026 Takes “Vol is a Verb” Pledge
Class of 2026 Takes “Vol is a Verb” Pledge
On Monday night, August 22, the Class of 2026 came together in Thompson-Boling Arena to take the “Vol is a Verb” pledge….
