Announcement for the 'Amato Lamberti' National Award – Thirteenth Edition

Deadline May 18, 2026

The Amato Lamberti Association is announcing a competition to award three prizes of €1,000 each for Master's and Doctoral theses addressing organized crime, criminal trafficking, environmental crimes, digital crime, corruption and illegal economies, and victims of mafia and violence. Theses may also be conducted using ethnographic methods and/or audiovisual aids.

Theses may be submitted for Master's and Doctoral degrees only, completed at any Italian university or, at equivalent levels, abroad. Only theses defended in the last three years (from 2023 onwards) in Italian and English will be accepted, and those that have not already been submitted to previous editions of the Amato Lamberti National Prize.

Participants must submit their work by midnight on Monday 18 May 2026 exclusively in PDF format using the email address: [email protected] specifying that the work is competing for the "Amato Lamberti National Award". 

For detailed information on how to participate and any other useful information, please consult the attached announcement and visit the website https://www.associazioneamatolamberti.it/al-via-la-tredicesima-edizione-del-premio-nazionale-amato-lamberti-ecco-come-inviare-la-domanda/

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