Presentación

The Cátedra

Introduction

The Cátedra Demetrio Ribes is a research centre that promotes and disseminates research into the history of transport and its infrastructures, public works and engineering in the Valencian Community. It was founded in 2003 through an agreement signed between the Universitat de València-Estudi General (UVEG) and what is now the Valencian Ministry of Territorial Politics, Public Works and Mobility.

The centre was named after Demetrio Ribes, the architect who designed the Estación del Norte in Valencia and a host of other important buildings in the Valencian Community, Barcelona and Madrid.

Dr. Inmaculada Aguilar was the director of the centre from 2003 to 2017, at which time she became honorary director and passed the role of director on to Dr. Luis Arciniega. From the beginning, the centre has been supported by various staff: currently three researchers and two PhD researchers.

Activities

The main aim of the Cátedra Demetrio Ribes research centre is to promote and disseminate research into the history of transport and its infrastructures, public works and engineering in the Valencian Community.

It carries out various activities to investigate and spread awareness of the Valencian Community’s rich heritage relating to transport and communications, public works and engineering. Its main areas of activity include:

Carrying out R&D projects and cataloguing materials
Planning and coordinating publications, exhibitions, lecture series and other cultural activities
Maintaining its academic activity, with university courses, conferences, seminars and participation in postgraduate courses
Advising and writing technical reports. It also participates on scientific and advisory committees
Awarding the annual Demetrio Ribes Prize for Research

The Cátedra Demetrio Ribes’s main research areas include:

The history of public works: transport networks (paths, roads, bridges…), maritime networks (ports, lighthouses…), railway networks (stations, bridges…), telecommunication networks (semaphore telegraphs…), defence networks (walls, watchtowers, batteries, shelters…), water networks (aqueducts, reservoirs, dams…), etc.
The history of engineering
The history of territorial planning

Institutional information

Chancellor of the University of Valencia (UV)

Sra. Rectora Mgfca. María Vicenta Mestre Escrivá

Valencian Minister of Territorial Politics, Public Works and Mobility

Hble. Sra. Rebeca Mariola Torró Soler

Joint Committee

María Pérez Herrero, regional secretary; Roser Obrer Marco, head of the Department of Public Works, Transports and Sustainable Mobility at the Valencian government; Rosa M. Donat Beneito, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Innovation and Transfer at UV; Luis Arciniega García, director of Cátedra Demetrio Ribes.

Director of the Cátedra Demetrio Ribes

Luis Arciniega García

Honorary director

Inmaculada Aguilar Civera

Cátedra Demetrio Ribes team

Óscar Calvé Mascarell, Manuel Carreres Rodríguez, Susana Climent Viguer, Ester Medán Sifre, Rubén Pacheco Díaz.

Institutional history

Chancellors of the University of Valencia (UV)

Esteban Morcillo Sánchez (2010-2018)
Francisco Tomás Vert (2003-2010)

Valencian Ministers of Territorial Politics, Public Works and Mobility

Arcadi España García (conseller de Política Territorial, Obres Públiques i Mobilitat, 2019-2022)
María José Salvador Rubert (consellera d'Habitatge, Obres Públiques i Vertebració del Territori, 2015-2019)
Isabel Bonig Trigueros (consellera d'Infraestructures, Territori i Medi Ambient, 2011-2015)
Mario Flores Lanuza (conseller d'Infraestructures i Transport, 2007-2011)
José Ramón García Antón (conseller d'Infraestructures i Transport, 2003-2007)

Joint Committee

2019-2022: Mrs María Pérez Herrero, regional secretary; Mrs Roser Obrer Marco, head of the Department of Public Works, Transport and Mobility at the Valencian government; Mrs Mª Dolores Real García, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Innovation and Transfer at UV; Mr Luis Arciniega García, director of CDR.

2018-2019: Mr José Luis Ferrando Calatayud, regional secretary; Mr Carlos Domingo Soler, head of the Department of Public Works, Transport and Mobility at the Valencian government; Mrs Mª Dolores Real García, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Innovation and Transfer at UV; Mr Luis Arciniega García, director of CDR.

2015-2018: Mr Josep Vicent Boira Maiques regional secretary of Department of Housing, Public Works and Territorial Planning at the Valencian government; Mr Alberto Sanchis Cuesta, Head of Department of Housing, Rehabilitation and Urban Regeneration at the Valencian government; Mr Guillermo Palao Moreno, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Internationalisation and Cooperation at UV; Mr Juan Luis Gandia Cabedo, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Finance and Infrastructures at UV.

2015: Mr Gaspar Peral Ribelles, Deputy secretary of Infrastructures and Transport at the Valencian government; Mr Pablo Cotino Mulet, head of Department of Transport and Logistics at the Valencian government; Mr Guillermo Palao Moreno, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Internationalisation and Cooperation at UV; Mr Juan Luis Gandia Cabedo, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Finance and Infrastructures at UV.

2014: Mr Gaspar Peral Ribelles, Deputy secretary of Infrastructures and Transport at the Valencian government; Mr Carlos Eleno Carretero, head of Department of Transport and Logistics at the Valencian government; Mr Guillermo Palao Moreno, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Internationalisation and Cooperation at UV; Mr Juan Luis Gandia Cabedo, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Finance and Infrastructures at UV.

2011-2013: Mr Gaspar Peral Ribelles, Deputy secretary of Infrastructures and Transport at the Valencian government; Mr Carlos Eleno Carretero, head of Department of Transport and Logistics at the Valencian government; Mrs Silvia Barona Vilar, Pro-vice-chancellor and head of Communication and Institutional Relations at UV; Mrs Clara Martínez Fuentes, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Sustainability and Infrastructures at UV.

2010-2011: Mr Vicente Dómine Redondo, Vice-president of FGV and Deputy secretary of Transport and Logistics at the Valencian government; Mrs Luisa Gracia Giménez, managing director of FGV; Mrs Silvia Barona Vilar, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Communication and Institutional Relations at UV; Mrs Clara Martínez Fuentes, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Sustainability and Infrastructures at UV.

2005-2010: Mr Vicente Dómine Redondo, Vice-president of FGV and Deputy secretary of Transport and Logistics at the Valencian government; Mrs Luisa Gracia Giménez, managing director of FGV; Mr Enrique Bigné Alcañiz, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Communication and Finance at UV; Mr Rafael Gil Salinas, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Culture at UV.

2003-2005: Mr Vicente Dómine Redondo, Vice-president of FGV and Deputy secretary of Transport and Logistics at the Valencian government; Mr Jorge García Bernia, Corporate director of FGV; Mr Francisco Tortosa, pro-vice-chancellor and head of University Extension and Society Outreach at UV; Mr Rafael Gil Salinas, pro-vice-chancellor and head of Culture at UV.

Directors of the Cátedra Demetrio Ribes

D. Luis Arciniega García (for 2017)
Dña. Inmaculada Aguilar Civera (2003-2017)

Staff

Fellows, student interns and research and other staff who have participated in the centre’s various projects:
Laura Bolinches Martínez, Óscar Calvé Mascarell, Manuel Carreres Rodríguez, Manuel Cerdá García, Julia Cerrillo Martínez, Susana Climent Viguer, José Juan Coll Fornés, Sergi Doménech García, Virginia García Ortells, Mª Carmen Hernández Perelló, Desirée Juliana Colomer, Soraia Llorens Rodrigo, Sara Manzanares Rubio, Asunción Martínez López, Sonia Martínez Requena, Santiago Montoya Beleña, Rubén Pacheco Díaz, Mª del Mar Ruiz Ferragud, Rafael Salvador Ortega, Mireia Sánchez Barrachina, Juan José Sanz Maseres.

Partnerships

The Cátedra Demetrio Ribes has promoted partnerships with other institutions and research centres to develop new projects or activities. Some of its main partners include:

Fundación Miguel Aguiló

Creation of Guía de puentes de la Comunitat Valenciana and collaboration on various publications and activities.

Institut Cartogràfic Valencià

Cartographic exchange and collaboration.

School of Engineers of Roads, Canals and Ports, UPV

Cooperation on School activities and travelling exhibitions

College of Engineers of Roads, Canals and Ports, CV

Organisation of courses and lectures.

CEHOPU

Editorial and documentary collaboration and organisation of cultural activities

Fundación Juanelo Turriano

Other cultural activities.

Autoridad Portuaria de València

Documentary resources.