Professor José Juan González, born in 1959, holds a Bachelor of Law degree (Mexico, 1984), a Master’s degree in Economic Law (Mexico, 1984), and a Doctorate in Environmental Law (Spain, 1999). He is a full-time tenured professor-researcher at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico. In addition to his scientific research activities, he teaches courses on Natural Resource Ownership, Tax Law, Environmental Law, and Foreign Trade at the university.

Professor González is a Level III member of the National System of Researchers of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). He is the author of 19 books, 36 book chapters, and over 40 specialized articles. Among his notable publications are the Treatise on Environmental Law in three volumes and the New Mexican Energy Law. His work has been cited 643 times in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Japanese, and Chechen.

Furthermore, he has edited five collective books:

A) Energy Justice and Energy Law, published in London by Oxford University Press;
B) Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Law, published in London by Edward Elgar Publishing;
C) Net Zero and Natural Resources Law, published in London by Oxford University Press;
D) The Future of Environmental Law 50 Years After the First Environmental Law, published in Mexico by UAM-Azcapotzalco; and
E) The Challenges of Economic Law in the 21st Century, published by UAM-Azcapotzalco.

Professor González has served as Vice President of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law for several years and is a member of the Academic Advisory Group of the International Bar Association’s Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Law, as well as the Ibero-American Association of Energy Law.

Dr. González has been a visiting professor at the following universities: University of West Virginia, Law School, 1995; Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Ibero-American Headquarters in La Rábida, Master’s Program in Environmental Law, 2004; Seattle University, Law School, 2006; University of Valencia, Department of International Law, Valencia, Spain, 2017; University of Alicante, Spain, Department of State Studies, Master's and Doctorate Programs in Environmental Law, from 2004 to 2013, and in 2019; Centro Universitario de Brasilia (UNICEB), Master’s Program in Law, Brazil, in 2006, 2007, and 2008; University of Calgary, Law Faculty, Canada, in 2016; and the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in 2024. He has also delivered lectures at various universities around the world, including Oxford and Harvard.

In addition to his academic activities, he has served as an advisor to several federal and local government agencies, as well as various international organizations.

In 1999, he drafted the Environmental Law Project for Mexico City, which was approved by the Legislative Assembly.

Dr. González is a member of the editorial boards of the Energy and Natural Resources Law Journal (United Kingdom), the RM Theory and Practice Journal (New Zealand), and the Revista do Direito Ambiental (Brazil).

In 2008, he organized the 6th Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law.