Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez
Institute of Geography
Room: 0.07, Südbau
Otto-Fischer-Strasse 4
E-mail: j.revilladiez(at)uni-koeln(dot)de
Phone: +49 221 470 7251
Short Biography
Since 2014
Professor in Human Geography at the Institute of Geography at the University of Cologne. He was appointed within the framework of the key profile area “Socio-economic, Cultural, and Political Transformations in the Global South” at the University of Cologne, supported by the German Excellence Initiative
2006 - 2014
Professor in Economic Geography at the Institute for Economic and Cultural Geography, University of Hannover
2002 - 2006
Professor at the Geography Institute at the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel
2001
Habilitation: Firm’s innovation behaviour and spatial proximity – The importance of cooperation networks in the Metropolitan Innovationssystems of Barcelona, Stockholm and Vienna, University of Hanover (in German)
1995
PhD: Transformation in Vietnam: Industrial change and regional consequences, University of Hanover (in German)
1991
Diploma thesis: Regional Impact of the World Exhibition 1992 in Sevilla, University of Hannover (in German)
Current Research Projects
Mehr als Offshoring: Handelbare Dienstleistungen und regionale Wertschöpfungsketten im Globalen Süden
Laufzeit: 2024 – 2027
Förderung durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez
Bearbeiterinnen: Dr. Sören Scholvin, Emma Galbraith
Armut und nachhaltige Entwicklung: ein Langzeit-Panelprojekt in Thailand und Vietnam, 2015 - 2027 (Langfristvorhaben)
Laufzeit: 2024 – 2027
Förderung durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez
CRC 228: Future Rural Africa
The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) is a research conglomerate funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). It aims at understanding African futures and how they are “made” in rural areas by investigating land-use change and social-ecological transformation. The Universities of Bonn and Cologne (UoC) have a track record of collaborations in this regional and thematic field of interest, combining complementary expertise from a wide range of disciplines in natural and social sciences. “Future-making” refers to physical changes as well as social practices that shape future conditions by making the future an issue in the present.
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Cooperation Partners: University of Bonn, Dep. of Geography
Website: crc-trr228.de
Duration: 2026-2029 (3rd phase)
Past Research Projects
TRR 228 Future Rural Africa C01 Future in Chains. Socio-economic impacts of growth corridors
Description:
Growth corridors are one again gaining attention as possible avenues of future development in sub-Saharan Africa. Multi-stakeholder initiatives integrate rural areas into global value chains in order to achieve socio-economic development. Critics argue, however, that growth corridors intensify social conflicts, external dependencies, land grabs, and the maldistribution of wealth.
Support:
DFG
Duration:
2018 - 2021