Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
Aspen Institute
Enable Solutions
Our programs advance strategies, policies, and ideas that contribute to evidence-based solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.
Solutions
Turning Insights into Progress
We bring together people with deep expertise, lived experience, and diverse perspectives to explore shared problems, surface new insights, and clarify paths forward. This approach fuels progress in critical areas—like energy and climate, societal trust, and economic opportunity—and supports communities and leaders working to make a lasting difference.
Diverse Methods, Shared Purpose
No single approach can meet today’s challenges. That’s why our programs use a range of tools—from fellowships and roundtables to reports and public forums—to define problems, explore possibilities, and move ideas toward impact. We draw on a broad network of leaders, partners, and participants to ask better questions and illuminate paths forward. Many of our programs also engage young people directly, offering tools, mentorship, and platforms to design the next generation of solutions.
Enabling Solutions That Reflect a Complex World
Solutions that stick require collaboration, humility, and creativity. Our work helps leaders and communities make sense of complexity, challenge assumptions, and build shared understanding. By connecting ideas with action—and people with each other—we support progress that reflects the depth of the problems we face and the diversity of those working to solve them.
Impact Areas
Rising Generations
We ignite the potential of young people of all backgrounds by developing their leadership, amplifying their voices, and enabling productive dialogue across differences.
We connect and develop leaders across sectors, generations, geographies, and viewpoints, building a community of individuals committed to addressing the world’s greatest challenges.
We advance strategies, policies, and ideas that catalyze the change needed to build an inclusive economy—one that ensures financial security, opportunity, and resilience.
