Miguel González-Leonardo es Doctor Cum Laude en Demografía por el Centro de Estudios Demográficos y la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona y cursó la European Doctoral School of Demography 2019-20. Es Profesor-Investigador en el Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales de El Colegio de México e Investigador Nacional Nivel II del SNII (CONAHCYT). También es Investigador Asociado en el Population and Just Societies Program del International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, y en el Departamento de Geografía de la Universidad de Liverpool, Reino Unido. Previamente, trabajó como Investigador en el Population and Just Societies Program del International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. Ha realizado estancias de investigación en la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe de las Naciones Unidas, Chile, en el Geographic Data Science Lab de la Universidad de Liverpool, Reino Unido, y en el Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Alemania. 

Su investigación se centra en analizar los patrones de movilidad humana, las migraciones internas e internacionales y el cambio poblacional a nivel subnacional. Ha publicado artículos en revistas internacionales de alto impacto, como Population, Space and Place, International Migration Review, Population Studies, Demographic Research, Journal of Rural Studies, Geographical Analysis o Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. Ha sido investigador principal en proyecto financiados por las Naciones Unidas y El Colegio de México y miembro del equipo de trabajo en proyectos de la Unión Europea, el Gobierno de España y Research England. 

Miguel desempeña roles editoriales en las revistas científicas Population, Space and Place, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Investigaciones Regionales, Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos y AGER. Recibió el Premio Extraordinario del Doctorado de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona y el Young Researcher Award de la Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional en 2022, el Premio al Mejor Artículo Internacional de la Asociación Española de Geografía y el Top Cited Article Award de la revista Population, Space and Place en 2023. 

Miguel González-Leonardo holds a Ph.D. Cum Laude in Demography from the Centre for Demographic Studies and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and participated in the European Doctoral School of Demography 2019-20. He is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies within El Colegio de México, and Nacional Researcher Level II in the SNII Program of CONAHCYT. Miguel holds positions of Guest Researcher in the Population and Just Societies Program of the International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Austria, and in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Liverpool, UK. Previously, he worked as a Research Scholar in the Population and Just Societies Program of the International Institute for Applied System Analysis. He carried out research stays in the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile, at the Geographic Data Science Lab of the University of Liverpool, UK, and at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany. 

His research focuses on human mobility, internal and international migration, and population change at the subnational level. Miguel's work can be read in high-ranked international journals, such as Population, Space and Place, International Migration Review, Population Studies, Demographic Research, Journal of Rural Studies, Geographical Analysis, or Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. He has been principal investigator in projects funded by the United Nations and El Colegio de México, and working team member in projects of the European Union, the Spanish Government, and Research England. 

Miguel holds editorial roles in the scientific journals Population, Space and Place, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Journal of Regional Research, Journal of Demographic and Urban Studies, and AGER. He received the Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and the Young Researcher Award from the Spanish Regional Science Association in 2022, the Best International Article Award from the Spanish Geographical Association, and the Top Cited Article Award from the journal Population, Space and Place in 2023.