The Universitat de València and the City Council of Gandia have signed, in February 2024, a collaboration agreement for the creation of the Chair of Territory Thinking Joan Noguera, approved by the Governing Council (2024-062).
Different training, research, cultural, innovation and transfer activities are being considered with the objective of collecting and disseminating knowledge of the social, economical and environmental reality of the Gandía population and of the la Safor region (Valencian Community).
The Chair is born after a proposal by the Office of the Vice-Principal for Culture and Society and is under the management of UV full-time university professor and Head of the Gandía Campus Joan de Alcàzar, jointly with the mayor of the city, José Manuel Prieto.
Gandía is a city rich in history and culture, that maintains a close relationship with the Valencian universities for years now. The connexion Gandía has with intellectual thinking can be explained from its own history and becoming as a city. We must not forget that, in the 16th century, Duque of Gandía Francis Borgia decided that this place would be perfect to open a first university.
The “Chair of Territory Thinking Joan Noguera” is created as a space for broad spectrum analysis and reflection, aimed at the promotion of university activities within the city; to contribute with its findings, in a supportive and intelligent way, to the much needed progress of Gandía and of the La Safor region.
In the middle of the 21st century, Gandía, particularly, needs a cutting-edge space for analysis and reflection to help it set the course as a cultured, modern and competitive city. In this sense, this Chair can, without a doubt, contribute to such important and much needed mission.
