[Commlist] CFP EGOS 2026: Facts, Fiction, and the Fabric of Organizing: Exploring the Performative and Constitutive Power of (Non-)Truth Communication

The EGOS Standing Working Group (SWG) No. 06 Communication, 
Performativity & Organization (CPO) is glad to announce the sub-theme 
for the European Group for Organization Studies EGOS 2026 Colloquium 
(online) (July 9-11, 2026). In 2026, the sub-theme is titled

** Facts, Fiction, and the Fabric of Organizing: Exploring the 
Performative and Constitutive Power of (Non-)Truth Communication **


This sub-theme explores how the erosion of truth as a guiding value 
affects organizations and democratic societies. It invites research on 
how “non-truths”— from mis- and disinformation, fake news to corporate 
bullshit and false pretense — are communicated and enacted, shaping how 
organizations construct meaning, exercise power, and uphold (or 
undermine) ethical responsibility. It calls for nuanced explorations of 
how truth and non-truth are performed through organizational 
communication. Just like in the past, we are inviting paper submissions 
that address the particular focus of the sub-theme – or that are 
concerned with studying the relation between communication and 
organization from a performative and/or constitutive lens more generally.

This is a communication-focused sub-theme under the EGOS conference, and 
communication and media studies scholars are very much welcome.


EGOS 2026 conference will be held in a **virtual form** in 2026. Within 
the CPO SWG we will make sure that the format will feature a high degree 
of discussions and interaction instead of only a series of virtual 
presentations.

== Please see the full CFP here: ==

https://www.egos.org/jart/prj3/egos/main.jart?rel=de&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1756645686117&subtheme_id=1733841802963

== More information about the conference here: ==
https://www.egos.org/2026_Bergamo/General_Theme


We look forward to receiving your submissions (short papers of 3,000 
words max.) via the EGOS Website by Jan. 7, 2026, at 12.00 noon CET!

In case of any questions, feel free to contact the sub-theme convenors.


With kind regards,

Convenors:
- Dennis Schoeneborn, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, (ds.msc /at/ cbs.dk)
- Ellen Nathues, University of Twente, The Netherlands, (e.nathues /at/ utwente.nl)
- Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, University of Helsinki, Finland, 
(salla.laaksonen /at/ helsinki.fi)

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