Javier Revilla Diez holds a Professorial Chair in Human Geography at the Institute of Geography and is associated with the Global South Study Center at the University of Cologne. He has research interests in the regional outcomes of participating in global production networks, regional impacts of transformation processes induced by political and structural change, and impacts of natural risks on people, firms, and regions. He has published in World Development, Regional Studies, Environment and Planning A, International Regional Science Review, and Papers in Regional Science, among others.