The European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences ''(Premio Europeo Amalfi per la Sociologia e le Scienze Sociali)'' is a prestigious

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award in the social sciences. Established in 1987 on the initiative of the Section for Sociological Theories and Social Transformations of the Italian Association of Sociology, it is conferred annually in

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to the author of a book or an article which was published within the previous two years and has made an important contribution to sociology. The award ceremony is accompanied by an international sociological conference. The awardees are selected by a jury currently consisting of

Margaret Archer Margaret Scotford Archer (born 20 January 1943) is an English sociologist, who spent most of her academic career at the University of Warwick where she was for many years Professor of Sociology. She was also a professor at l'Ecole Polytechniq ...

, Allessandro Cavalli, Salvador Giner, Joachim Israel,

Michel Maffesoli Michel Maffesoli (born 14 November 1944) is a French sociologist. He is a former pupil of Gilbert Durand and Julien Freund, and an emeritus professor at Paris Descartes University. His work touches upon the issue of community links and the ...

, Carlo Mongardini (chair), Birgitta Nedelmann,

Helga Nowotny Helga Nowotny (born 1937) is Professor emeritus of Social Studies of Science, ETH Zurich. She has held numerous leadership roles on Academic boards and public policy councils, and she has authored many publications in the social studies of science ...

, and

Piotr Sztompka Piotr Sztompka (born 2 March 1944, in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish sociologist known for his work on the theory of social trust. He is professor of sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, and has also frequently served as vis ...

. Previous members include

Anthony Giddens Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens (born 18 January 1938) is an English sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern sociologists and is t ...

, Peter Gerlich and Friedrich H. Tenbruck. The award was suspended in 1993 and 1996, 1992 and 2011-2015 the jury decided not to assign the award. In 1999, a biennial special award for an outstanding first book was established and named after Norbert Elias, the first recipient of the Amalfi Award. There are also other auxiliary awards in various categories; the main award can also be split.

decivilizing processes. Biography Elias was born on 22 June 1897 in Bresla ...
for ''Die Gesellschaft der Individuen'' * 1988:
Serge Moscovici Serge Moscovici (June 14, 1925 in Brăila, Romania as ''Srul Herş Moscovici'' – November 15, 2014 in Paris) was a Romanian-born French social psychologist, director of the '' Laboratoire Européen de Psychologie Sociale'' ("European Laborator ...
for ''La machine à faire des dieux'' :
Michael Mann Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television who is best known for his distinctive style of crime drama. His most acclaimed works include the films ''Thief'' (1981), ...
for ''The Sources of Social Power. Volume I.'' 1989 Elected to US Sociological * 1989:
Zygmunt Bauman Zygmunt Bauman (; 19 November 1925 – 9 January 2017) was a Polish sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship. He emigrate ...
for '' Modernity and the Holocaust'' :Bulzoni Editore Special Award:
Michel Wieviorka Michel Wieviorka (born 23 August 1946, Paris) is a French sociologist, noted for his work on violence, terrorism, racism, social movements and the theory of social change. He was the 16th president of International Sociological Association (20 ...
for ''Société et terrorisme'' * 1990: M. Rainer Lepsius and Wolfgang J. Mommsen (editors) for ''
Max Weber Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (; ; 21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist and political economist, who is regarded as among the most important theorists of the development of modern Western society. His ideas prof ...
. Briefe 1906-1908'' :
Zygmunt Bauman Zygmunt Bauman (; 19 November 1925 – 9 January 2017) was a Polish sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship. He emigrate ...
for ''The Social Manipulation of Morality, Moralizing Actors, Adiaphorizing Action'' : Chen Liangjin for ''Social Developmental Mechanisms and Social Security Functions'' :Bulzoni Editore Special Award: Nicole Lapierre for ''Le silence de la mémoire'' * 1991:
Louis Dumont Louis Charles Jean Dumont (11 August 1911 – 19 November 1998) was a French anthropologist. Dumont was born in Thessaloniki, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. He taught at Oxford University during the 1950s, and was then dire ...
for ''L'ideologie allemande'' :Bulzoni Editore Special Award: Philippe Sarasin for ''Die Stadt der Bürger'' :Honourable Mention: Ron Eyerman's and Andrew Jamison for ''Social Movements'' * 1992: main award not assigned :Special Award of the Jury: Carlo Triglia for ''Sviluppo senza autonomia'' * 1993: award suspended :Shortlisted: Harvie Ferguson for ''Religious Transformation in Western Society, The End of Happiness'' * 1994:
Charles Tilly Charles Tilly (May 27, 1929 – April 29, 2008) was an American sociologist, political scientist, and historian who wrote on the relationship between politics and society. He was a professor of history, sociology, and social science at the Univ ...
for ''European Revolutions (1942-1992)'' :Special Award of the Jury: Christoph Braun (editor), ''Max Weber. Musiksoziologie'' * 1995:
Raymond Boudon Raymond Boudon (27 January 1934 – 10 April 2013) was a sociologist, philosopher and Professor in the Paris-Sorbonne University. Career With Alain Touraine, Michel Crozier and Pierre Bourdieu, Raymond Boudon is one of the leading French sociol ...
for ''Le juste et le vrai''; :
François Furet François Furet (; 27 March 1927 – 12 July 1997) was a French historian and president of the Saint-Simon Foundation, best known for his books on the French Revolution. From 1985 to 1997, Furet was a professor of French history at the University ...
, ''Le passé d'une illusion''; : Peter-Ulrich Merz-Benz, ''Tiefsinn und Scharfsinn:
Ferdinand Tönnies Ferdinand Tönnies (; 26 July 1855 – 9 April 1936) was a German sociologist, economist, and philosopher. He was a significant contributor to sociological theory and field studies, best known for distinguishing between two types of social gr ...
' begriffliche Konstitution der Sozialwelt'' * 1996: award suspended :Shortlisted: Andrew W. Metcalfe and Ann Game for ''Passionate Sociology'' * 1997:
Niklas Luhmann Niklas Luhmann (; ; December 8, 1927 – November 6, 1998) was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and a prominent thinker in systems theory. Biography Luhmann was born in Lüneburg, Free State of Prussia, where his father's fa ...
for ''Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft'' (on behalf of the Section for Classics of Contemporary Sociology); :
Martin Albrow Martin Albrow (born 1937) is a British sociologist, noted for his works on globalization, the theory of the global age and global civil society. He was appointed in 1963 as the first full-time sociologist at Reading University, and subsequently wo ...
for ''The Global Age'' (on behalf of the Section for New Perspectives in the Social Sciences) * 1998:
Alain Touraine Alain Touraine (; born 3 August 1925) is a French sociologist. He is research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the ''Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux''. Touraine was an important figure in ...
for ''Comment sortire du liberalisme'' (on behalf of the Section for Classics of Contemporary Sociology); :Luigi Sturzo Special Award for Political Studies:
Serge Latouche Serge Latouche (; ; born 12 January 1940) is a French emeritus professor of economics at the University of Paris-Sud. He holds a degree in political sciences, philosophy and economy. Work Latouche is a specialist in North-South economic and cul ...
* 1999: :
Richard Sennett Richard Sennett (born 1 January 1943) is the Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and former University Professor of the Humanities at New York University. He is currently a Senior Fellow of the Center on Capitali ...
for ''The Corrosion the Character'' (on behalf of the Section for New Perspectives in the Social Sciences) :Norbert Elias Amalfi Prize: David Lepoutre for ''Cœur de banlieue: codes, rites et langages'' * 2000: award suspended * 2001: John B. Thompson for ''Political Scandal'' :
Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (Hebrew: שמואל נח אייזנשטדט‎ 10 September 1923, Warsaw – 2 September 2010, Jerusalem) was an Israeli sociologist and writer. In 1959 he was appointed to a teaching post in the sociology department ...
for ? :Luigi Sturzo Special Award for Political Studies: Michael Th. Greven for ''Die politische Gesellschaft'' :Norbert Elias Amalfi Prize: Wilbert Van Vree for ''Meetings, Manners and Civilization: The Development of Modern Meeting Behaviour''. * 2002: award suspended * 2003: Norbert Elias Amalfi Prize: Nikola Tietze for ''Islamische Identitäten: Formen muslimischer Religiosität junger Männer in Deutschland und Frankreich'' * 2004: award suspended * 2005:Sociological Theories and Social Transformations Section: Suzanne Keller for ''Community: Pursuing the Dream, Living the Reality'' * 2006: Sergio Fabbrini for ''America and its critics'' * 2007: award suspended * 2008:
Pierre Rosanvallon Pierre Rosanvallon (born 1 January 1948) is a French historian and sociologist. He was named a professor at the Collège de France in 2001, holding the chair in modern and contemporary political history. Career His works are dedicated to the his ...
''Counter-Democracy: Politics in an Age of Distrust'' * 2008: award suspended * 2010 - Gérard Bronner per ''La Pensée Extrêmee''

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