What we do
Six public conversations across Oxford’s great halls.
Free public events bringing writers, scientists and policymakers into the same room — across Oxford and beyond.
Since 2024, OMF has brought leading writers, artists and scientists into genuine dialogue with Oxford’s researchers — on climate, biodiversity, inequality and the century ahead.
Our last event, in Sweden, inaugurated our first European chapter — the Uppsala Ministry for the Future. Forthcoming events turn to global inequality, agriculture and climate, and the crisis of capitalism.
About the MinistryUpcoming Event
Utopian Dreams, Dystopian Realities:
Why Inequality Persists
Our biggest event yet — two days at the Schwarzman Centre, Oxford, exploring why inequality is so difficult to defeat, and imagining how a more equal future might look. Featuring Thomas Piketty, Kim Stanley Robinson, Brian Eno, Joanna Kavenna, Jason Hickel, Nick Hanauer, Maija Tammi and others.
The two-day programme
Lecture: Historicising inequality, 1800–2025
Lecture Theatre, Schwarzman Centre
Art installation ‘Care Fall’, drinks & canapés
Schwarzman Centre
A History of Utopia: Brian Eno & Kim Stanley Robinson
Sohmen Concert Hall · Schwarzman Centre, Oxford
Joanna Kavenna & Kim Stanley Robinson in conversation with Jason Hickel & Oxford Academics — facilitated by Anette Mikes and Venus Bivar
Schwarzman Centre, Oxford · hosted by OMF and TORCH
In-depth session: responses to inequality — from de-growth to middle-out economics
Schwarzman Centre, Oxford · co-hosted by INET
Presented with TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities) and INET (Oxford Institute for New Economic Thinking), with support from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, the Saïd Business School, the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities and Hertford College. Further details to follow.
Past events
Seven events since June 2024 — all available to watch in the archive.