Miguel Puig is an integrated research in the Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being at the University of Algarve, CinTurs at the University of Algarve (Portugal) an his line of research focuses on specialisation and smart development of the territory, tourism, poverty alleviation, socioeconomic inequalities and quality of life. Miguel Puig has a degree in Tourism, a master's degree in Economics and Development and a PhD with outstanding laude (international mention) from the University of Seville (US). He also holds a master's degree in Tourism Management and Planning from the same university. In 2015 he began his research career obtaining a collaboration grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, in the Department of Human Geography of the US, within the line of tourism for poverty alleviation, economic growth and the improvement of the quality of life of the population. In 2017 the results of this project were reflected in his Master's Thesis, obtaining the Extraordinary Award at the national level at the IV Redintur Forum. In 2018 he became part of the Territorial and Tourism Studies Research Group (HUM-875) since 2018. In January 2019 he received a predoctoral fellowship from the Ibero-American University Association of Postgraduate Studies (AUIP) for a research stay at the Technological University of Santiago (Dominican Republic), thus carrying out part of the fieldwork of his thesis, and starting his teaching career at the same university. In June 2020 he presented his doctoral thesis entitled "Instrumentalization of tourism for socioeconomic well-being: a proposal for application in emerging destinations within the framework of the 2030 Agenda", obtaining a qualification of outstanding laude unanimously and the international mention. Miguel Puig currently publishes in international journals of impact and has participated in international conferences in Spain, Portugal, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the United States, as well as authoring a book and book chapters. All of them specialise in issues related to tourism and its effects on improving the quality of life of the population. In the field of applied research, since 2017 Miguel Puig has also been a consultant in projects at national and international level in the field of strategic planning and public policies, highlighting among others the Industrial Strategy of Andalusia 2020, the Andalusian Strategy for Bioeconomy 2030, or the Strategic Plan for Tourism of Navarre 2018-2025. as well as the coordination of the Technical Secretariat of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities during the period September 2020-June 2021. He has also been part of the research team of two R+D+i projects: "Territorial intelligence versus tourism growth. The planning and management of destinations in the face of the new expansive real estate cycle" (PGC2018-095992-B-I00) funded by the Ministry of Education and Science and "Territorial Intelligence for the management of tourist destinations, governance and T.I.T. tools in the use of public spaces" (PAIDI 2020- REF P20_00982). As technical and financial coordinator of the European project INTERREG MED BLUE DEAL, focused on the promotion and development of marine energy throughout the entire value chain, from its production and regulation to its effective development and use. Miguel Puig also belongs to the Bank of Expert Evaluators of research projects of the Spanish State Research Agency (BECA), and is part of the scientific committee of the journal Tourism Management Studies (SCOPUS), as well as of the prestigious Tourism Management Conference (University of the Algarve) and the World Conference on Smart Tourism Destinations (DTI). Currently, he is also Associate Editor in journal Tourism and Management Studies (Scopus-Q2 and JCR-Q2) and Co-principal investigator in the Sustainable Horizons project (EU-funded Horizon programme).