Prof. Dr. Jordi Paniagua is a professor of economics at the University of Valencia, Department of Applied Economics II. He has an academic and applied specialization in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and online networking. In his academic career, he has published papers in leading academic journals in the field of international economics and business. He has worked as telecommunications engineer in multinational enterprises and served in the public administration in the area of FDI promotion and policy-making. He has consulted to multinational companies and to public bodies, like NATO, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and UNCITRAL. His research interests include gravity models of trade and FDI, and its interplay with migration, trade law, energy and social media networks. His personal web page is: www.uv.es/~jorpaso2