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## The UJI supports research and study of rural areas to help them thrive

29/07/2024 |
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Seven and a half million people in Spain live in small towns with few people. 15.9% of the Spanish population live in 84% of the territory, with a density of 17.7 people per km². In urban areas, the density is 494 people per km².

Rural areas have a high ageing rate, low population density and dispersed populations. This makes it hard to do business and difficult to provide public services. Some groups are trying to stop this trend.

The Universitat Jaume I of Castelló supports research and strategies to improve the economy and welfare of rural populations, to reduce their exodus to urban areas. Different research groups study different aspects of rural life.

One of the most active groups in this area is the DESiRES group, which has been studying civic participation in rural areas. It has been looking at how initiatives like direct democracy, participatory budgeting and civic movements can improve the health, education and governance of the rural population or help to stop depopulation. The ParticipaRural project has recently published a series of videos on these initiatives.

This group is currently studying men in rural areas from a gender and intergenerational perspective. They have also completed a project on the accommodation of new and old residents in rural areas. This has allowed them to identify the profiles of returnees and conflict situations between them and permanent residents.

Other groups study rural areas from different scientific perspectives, such as tourism, business, economics or education.

The Chair in Territorial Cohesion and Innovation supports and promotes new rural strategies. Other groups study and promote aspects of rural areas. These include the Chair for the Transformation of the Economic Model, which focuses on energy, energy resources and climate change; the Chair for the Digital Divide and Territory, which ensures that no one in rural areas is left behind by technological change; and the Chair for Cooperation and Sustainable Development. The Generalitat Valenciana supports the Chair for the Digital Divide and Territory, the Chair for Cooperation and Sustainable Development, and the Chair for Heritage and Sustainable Development.

The UJI also has the University Extension Programme, which is a network of people from towns with less than five thousand inhabitants in the inland counties of Castelló. They think about culture and heritage as the backbone of the common space and help rural society to develop.

Science activities are also held in rural areas. These include the 'Connect with Science' programme for secondary school students and workshops on robotics, artificial intelligence and computational thinking and programming. These were held in Albocàsser and Les Coves de Vinromà this July. They were organised by the CDR Alt Maestrat with the support of the UJI.

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