There will also be the Sicilian sociologist and essayist, Francesco Pira, associate professor of sociology of cultural processes at the University of Messina, among the winners of the Apoxiomeno award, now in its twenty-fifth edition. The handover ceremony will take place in Monte San Savino in the province of Arezzo in September.
The International Police Association of Tuscany (IPA), organizes the XXV International Police Award Arts Festival (IPAAF), an award that is assigned to personalities of Italian and international sport, entertainment and culture, who through their work or professional activity tell the work of the guardian of the order.
In a letter signed by the President of the Apoxiomeno Prize, Colonel Orazio Anania, sent to Professor Pira, he communicated that the Commission has decided to confer the prestigious award, in the “Social” category, “for his undoubted professional and scientific qualities, and in especially for its active collaboration with the police in the context of cultural initiatives of great value “.
The sociologist has also had the opportunity to collaborate with the IPA in prestigious international events such as the one organized by the University of Wroclaw which hosts an International Conference on criminology and sociology. But the Prize Jury also wanted to reward the commitment of Francesco Pira, to his credit numerous publications and scientific articles, who started a real battle against the drift of the network and carried out an intense prevention activity against cyberbullying. , sexting, revenge porn and against disinformation and fake news. Even during the pandemic he held many webinars with Italian and foreign institutes and participated in international conferences where he also disseminated the data of his latest research on the generation Z protagonist of his latest essay “Sons of the App” (Franco Angeli Editore – Sociology Series ). Member of the Committee of Experts of the Reserch and Education Center of Security University of Wroclaw. In June 2020 he was appointed President of the National Observatory on Fake News of Confassocissioni. In July 2020 member of the Internet and Vulnerable Subjects Observatory of Corecom Sicilia. He has carried out training activities for the Police, Carabinieri and Coast Guard. He is co-author of the volume Communication of the local police.
“I am honored – commented Professor Francesco Pira – to receive the Apoxiomeno 2021 International Award for Social. It is a source of great satisfaction for me after the national and international awards received in recent years. News that fills me with pride, I thank the President Colonel Anania and the Commission for this prestigious recognition which in this moment of pandemic emergency takes on great significance for the teaching, research and dissemination work I have carried out over the years. Thinking of receiving the Apoxiomeno Prize with important names in cinema, television and literature is an immense emotion. I would like my maternal grandfather Totò to be with me at the ceremony who spent his life in the police, was a non-commissioned officer, and passed on important values to me. He was my second father, as my dad died when I was 13. I want to dedicate this Award to my grandfather and my father ”.
The Apoxiomeno Award represents a prestigious recognition intended for those who have contributed, in Italy and abroad, to give prestige to the Police, directly or indirectly, by developing the dissemination of culture and knowledge in the various sectors, in supreme interest in the elevation and promotion of public security, the search for truth, freedom, justice and peace and therefore universal brotherhood. Many national and international stars have received the prestigious silver statuettes over the years: Colin Firth, Matt Dillon, Hellen Mirren, Ennio Morricone, Massimo Ranieri, Abel Ferrara, Gina Lollobrigida and Andrea Camilleri, just to name a few. www.internationalpoliceawardartsfestival.it.