What we do
Six public conversations across Oxford’s great halls.
Public events bringing writers, scientists and policymakers into the same room — across Oxford and beyond.
View the November programmeSince 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
A Lecture with Thomas Piketty: Historicising Inequality: 1800–2025
Lecture Theatre, Schwarzman Centre, Oxford
Maija Tammi: Care Fall
Foyer Bar & Schwarzman Cinema · Schwarzman Centre, Oxford
Reception and world premiere of Care Fall, a video and animation by Maija Tammi, OMF’s first Artist in Residence. Monday screenings run at 45-minute intervals; further showings take place on Tuesday 24 November. Exact screening times to be announced. Maija Tammi’s website.
A History of Utopia with Kim Stanley Robinson and Brian Eno
Sohmen Concert Hall · Schwarzman Centre, Oxford
A Schwarzman Centre production with Brian Eno and Kim Stanley Robinson. Further readers, video artists, actors and directors to be announced.
Booking and current availability: Schwarzman Centre.
Why Inequality Persists - and How We Move Beyond: Joanna Kavenna & Kim Stanley Robinson
Sohmen Concert Hall · Schwarzman Centre, Oxford · hosted by OMF and TORCH
Moderated by Anette Mikes and Venus Bivar.
Deep Dive on Responses to Inequality: From De-growth to Middle-Out Economics
Sohmen Concert Hall · Schwarzman Centre, Oxford · co-hosted by INET
Ilias Alami (Cambridge) explores state capitalism, geopolitics, the green transition, global finance and racial capitalism; Adrienne Buller brings a perspective on green capitalism.
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.