Bioethics and Aporia of Psyche is an international transdisciplinary symposium organised by the Centre of Excellence for Integrative Bioethics, Croatian Bioethics Society, Ludruga Association, and Croatian Institute of Public Health, with various co-organisers joining each year. It is the central project of the Scientific board for bioethics and psyche, and Luka Janeš is the current President of the Organisation committee.

In short period of time, the cycle of public hearings Aporia of Psy­che: Philosophical, Psychiatric and Bioethical Perspectives, which was initiated in 2016 to contribute to positive changes in dealing with mental health problems and provide a platform for unheard voices, became widely known, well attended, an gained an international character, upon what grounds a conclusion was made to continue the growth by forming a collaborative environment for all the scientific and extra-scientific perspectives relevant in battling mental health issues.

The intention profiled the symposium to include research reports, keynote lectures, workshops, round tables, public hearings, experiments, art performances and exhibitions.

Bioethics and Aporia of Psyche 2019

Zagreb, 21-23 November 2019

Third international transdisciplinary symposium Bioethics and Aporia of Psyche will focus on (1) destigmatisation, and (2) interdisciplinary communication between philosophy and psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy. Plenary lecturs will be held by the following experts:

Francesca Brencio (Italy)

Anders Lindseth (Norway)

Inka Maškulin (Croatia)

Danijela Tiosavljević (Serbia)

Demetrius A. Franca (Brazil)

Damir Smiljanić (Serbia)

Theodor Itten (Switzerland)

We invite all who are interested into joining the program with their reports or program activities to fill in the application form available here and send it to psiha@bioetika.hr. Interested contributors should not limit themselves to the general theme, we will gladly consider topics outside of this year’s focus.

Attending the symposium is free of charge and there is no participation fee. The organisers cannot cover travelling expenses and accomodation, but for any questions regarding the accomodation and the symposium in general, please send us an e-mail to psiha@bioetika.hr. Take a look at the previous programme booklets, printed bilingually in Croatian and English, to see what kind of programme we offer:

BiAPs 2018 booklet

BiAPs 2017 booklet