Chairs For The Promotion of Knowledge Transfer and Innovation
- URV-DOW Chair of Sustainable Development
Set up in 2005 between Dow Chemical Ibèrica and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, its mission is to generalize and socialize knowledge in the field of sustainability, which is based on the environment, the social and economic systems, and technology.
- URV-Business Chair for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship and the Creation of Business
The objective of the URV-Business Chair is to promote the entrepreneurial spirit and the creation of businesses in the Tarragona region.
- UNESCO Chair for Data Privacy
The UNESCO Chair for data Privacy came about as the result of an agreement between the UNESCO and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Its objective is to drive research, education and outreach in the field of data privacy, a fundamental right recognized by the United Nations in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).
- Antoni Pedrol i Rius Chair for Local Legal Studies
The Antoni Pedrol i Rius Chair was set up by the Pedrol Rius Cultural Foundation of Reus, Reus Town Council, the URV Foundation and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili with the purpose of giving local legal issues greater unity and importance.
- Alcalde Pere Lloret Chair for Environmental Law Studies (CEDAT)
The objectives of CEDAT are to generate and socialize knowledge in the field of environmental law and, in particular, in the world of local management and administration.
The Rovira i Virgili University has gradually become a reference point in Catalonia and Spain for environmental law thanks to the continual hard work and desire to improve of the lecturers involved and to the support of other professionals and institutions.
- URV-REPSOL YPF Chair for Excellence in Communication
The URV-Repsol YPF Chair is the result of a collaboration agreement between the University—in particular the Predepartmental Unit of Communication, and Repsol YPF. The Chair carries out research, teaches university students and publishes works in the field of social communication, and it strives to promote quality and ethical and aesthetic excellence.
- University-Business Chair for the Promotion of Business Innovation
Set up as the result of an agreement with the Tarragona Business Council, the main objective of the University-Business Chair is to become a focus of analysis, reflection and debate to promote innovation and the competitivenesss of companies in the Tarragona region.
- Chair for Local and Regional Economy
The Chair for Local and Regional Economy provides agents from the Tarragona region—and particularly the Terres de l’Ebre—with knowledge transfer services. It was set up thanks to a URV initiative that had the support of Tortosa Town Council and the Tarragona Provincial Council.
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