social research prize

In 2020 Hello Table created Social Research Prize, an international prize awarded to female researchers for scientific studies investigating processes of socialization, inclusion and social exclusion and the factors that promote them. In an innovative formula, the prize consists of a work of art awarded to the scientific institute of the recipient female researcher.

Since 2023, the prize has been awarded in collaboration with the Equal Opportunities Service of the University of Italian Switzerland.

The Social Research Prize is given to a different country each year. The first edition of the prize was awarded to the University of Italian Switzerland for innovative neuroscientific research on social inclusion conducted by Rosalba Morese, who is now the prize's patroness. The award was a valuable work by painter Renzo Ferrari.

In 2021 Hello Table awarded the University of Vienna for Giorgia Silani's studies on the processes underlying the neurobiological basis of social cognition, emotions and behavior. The awards consisted of a valuable work by painter Enzo Tomaso Oliva.

The Social Research Prize 2022, the third edition of the prize, a valuable work by Piedmontese painter Angela Policastro, was awarded to the University of Amsterdam for innovative studies on understanding social actions and behavior carried out by Valeria Gazzola, Associate Professor at Department of Psychology.

The Social Research Prize 2023, the fourth edition of the prize, a valuable work by painter Melita Cavallo, was awarded to the University of Cambridge for the groundbreaking studies on the social brain in adolescence carried out by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Professor in Department of Psychology.

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