“…The Award recalls Riccardo Ricci (1953-2013)'s didactic spirit: he was professor of Dynamic Systems at the University of Florence and a point of reference in the city's mathematical community, also thanks to his roles as referent of the Scientific Degree Project and teacher in the courses of teacher training…”

“…Canadian-born Erving Goffman (1922-1982) was the twentieth century's most important sociologist writing in English. His 1953 dissertation is published here for the first time, on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. …”