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Article 1—AnnouncementThe Interuniversity Centre for Peace Studies (CISP, Centro Interateneo di Studi per la Pace)announces an award for the best scholarly article on topics of interest for the Centre.Article 2—Purpose and aimsCISP was founded in 2001 by the University of Turin, the University of Eastern Piedmont, and thePolytechnic of Turin. Its aim is to promote, coordinate and carry out studies and research on issuesof peace, war, and the processes of control and reduction of armaments and related technologies.The Centre is open to a variety of different political, religious and cultural perspectives(http://cisp.unipmn.it).The organisation’s award has the aim of contributing to the development and dissemination ofcritical thinking on these topics, enhancing the intellectual resources involved in peace-relatedstudies, such as the prevention and the non-violent resolution of conflicts.Article 3—Terms and conditions of participationAll Italian and foreign applicants must be under 35 at the time the award is announced. Thecompetition is open to work from any discipline and any methodological approach. The articlesmust be unpublished, and not exceed 60,000 characters (including spaces). They can be written inItalian, French or English.Material must be submitted by January 31, 2014. It must be e-mailed as a pdf file to all thefollowing addresses:cisp@polito.it; gabriella.silvestrini@sp.unipmn.it; cirigaza@hotmail.comArticle 4—Awards and EvaluationThe two best articles will each receive a prize of € 500. The winners will be announced on thewebsite of CISP – http://cisp.unipmn.it – by September 30, 2014. The award will take place inDecember 2014, at the annual meeting of CISP.The assessing board is composed of the Scientific Committee of CISP, with the assistance ofexternal experts. CISP reserves the right to publish the submitted material as it deems mostappropriate.