EGATIN Study Days & AGM - 2026, April 24-26 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

EGATIN TUZLA 2026 - 'How the post truth discourse in society may be reflected in our groups and group analytic training'

Introduction

We live in challenging times, times of proliferation of fake news, alternative facts, conspiracy theories, alternative realities and other narratives that blur the line between truth and falsehood, truth and lies, change certain established forms of cognition or, in a word, in a time described by the quite popular term post-truth. The rise of post-truth discourse coincides with the growth of general dissatisfaction and fear triggered by various and rapid natural and social changes, shaken security and broken trust. It seems as if facts have ceased to be important and that truth is no longer a reason for believing or disbelieving in something.

Truth and falsehood, facts and fantasies, narratives and reality, meanings and explanations, individual and social, subjective and intersubjective, inner and outer world, individual unconscious, social and collective unconscious are at the basis of group-analytic events from encounter to encounter. Our groups, group-analytic setting, that microcosm immersed in social context creates a climate for questioning both our inner and outer world and searching for truths and answers in building or rebuilding trust and security in ourselves and the world around us.

Precisely, at the EGATIN Study Days 2026 in Tuzla, in the context of current social changes, and in the continuation of the previous EGATIN study days, we will deal with the post-truth discourse and its possible reflections on group analysis, our groups and group analytic training, and to what extent and how group analysis can be a response to the challenges of the post-truth era.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Tuzla!