Eucentre è una Fondazione di diritto privato senza scopo di lucro che persegue una missione di ricerca, formazione e erogazione di servizi nel settore dell’ingegneria sismica e, più in generale, dell’ingegneria della sicurezza 
Eucentre promuove Scienza, Ricerca e Innovazione a beneficio della collettività, offrendo metodologie mirate e soluzioni concrete per prevenzione, sicurezza e resilienza. Collabora con istituzioni e imprese, diffondendo competenze orientate al vantaggio comune.
Eucentre conduce ricerche sull’ingegneria sismica e sulla riduzione del rischio attraverso test di laboratorio e analisi numeriche. L’obiettivo è migliorare il comportamento sismico delle strutture e dei terreni e sviluppare tecniche innovative antisismiche 
Eucentre conduce attività di ricerca su ingegneria sismica e riduzione del rischio, attraverso prove di laboratorio e analisi numeriche, per migliorare il comportamento sismico di strutture e terreni e sviluppare tecniche innovative di consolidamento antisismico.
La Fondazione promuove attività formative diversificate e di alta qualità, rivolte a contesti accademici e professionali, con programmi e iniziative costantemente aggiornati e innovativi per rispondere alle esigenze in continua evoluzione del settore e della società 
Eucentre assicura una comunicazione per informare istituzioni, professionisti e cittadini sulle attività e i progetti in corso, con l’obiettivo di diffondere contenuti e conoscenze utili e accessibili a tutti. Contribuisce a promuovere una cultura della prevenzione e della resilienza, condivisa e consapevole.
Paolo Emilio Pinto
Prize 2026
Recipient of the Award’s 2026 Edition
The 2026 Edition of the Nigel Priestley International Prize has been awarded posthumously to Paolo Emilio Pinto, on the basis of a unanimous decision of the Selection Committee, in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the areas of Nonlinear Modeling, Structural Reliability, and Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment.
Former Full Professor at La Sapienza University of Rome, Paolo Emilio Pinto left an indelible mark on the landscape of modern earthquake engineering. Over five decades of research and teaching, he decisively shaped how nonlinear modelling, structural reliability, and probabilistic seismic risk assessment are conceived today, helping shift the discipline from a predominantly deterministic view of safety to a rigorous framework that explicitly addresses uncertainty and translates it into more transparent and accountable engineering decisions.
Among his most celebrated contributions stands the constitutive model for structural steels under cyclic stress developed together with M. Menegotto. The Menegotto-Pinto model remains to this day a de facto reference in the numerical simulation of non-linear structural response, incorporated in all major software packages and computational frameworks for advanced dynamic analysis worldwide. Few contributions in structural engineering have achieved such longevity and universality.
Recognised internationally as one of the foremost authorities in the seismic engineering of bridges and infrastructure systems, Pinto also played a prominent and influential role in European institutional and regulatory contexts, promoting an engineering culture grounded in the explicit acknowledgment and rigorous treatment of uncertainty.
For Eucentre and the ROSE School, Pinto was far more than a distinguished scientist. He was one of the founding supporters who gave the School its scientific authority and global ambition, and who trained generations of engineers and researchers from all over the world with a demanding, intellectually rigorous style. His legacy is thus also a deeply human and cultural one: he helped build an international community of risk-aware professionals, and his influence on the discipline will be long-lasting.
The ninth edition of the Nigel Priestley International Prize is an acrylic on black porcelain stoneware work by Maurizio Lotito (Malo).
This edition’s prize is an acrylic on black porcelain stoneware work by Maurizio Lotito (Malo), titled “RE-CONSTRUCTION No. 1”.
The artwork aims to represent the capacity of rebirth even after a destructive event, highlighting the value of the protective network generated through collaboration among institutions, research, prevention, and solidarity. This synergy makes it possible to rebuild not only physical spaces, but also a sense of community and trust in the future.
At the age of 17, the artist experienced the dramatic Irpinia earthquake in his hometown of Potenza. Following the disaster, he was forced to live for a month in an industrial warehouse and then spent a year in Liguria as a guest, due to the severe damage to his family home. The need to restore order after chaos, a feeling that emerged strongly from his personal experience remains central to his work, where geometric order seeks to give structure to a chaotic design.
Maurizio Lotito (Malo)
Born in Potenza on 23 March 1963, Maurizio Lotito is a visual artist who creates works using acrylic paint on porcelain stoneware. His artistic research combines the reinterpretation of traditional techniques (mosaic, cloisonné, and stained glass) with the complexity of musical structures, giving rise to geometric forms and compositions of color characterized by a constant and immersive rhythm. This approach is also deeply influenced by his long career in the music world, with hundreds of concerts behind him as a percussionist, singer, and tour manager. In 2025, two of his works were exhibited at the ArtExpo exhibition in New York City. His works are included in several private collections.