Welcome to the homepage of Xander Huggins, a new Assistant Professor (UK Lecturer) of Global Terrestrial Water at the University of Glasgow.
I’m building a Research Collective on Groundwater, Social-Ecological Systems, and Sustainability (CoGS³), where we will study freshwater interactions within the human-Earth system to help realise a sustainable and equitable water future for all.
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Sep 2026
Co-convened a plenary session at the World Groundwater Congress on building a Global Groundwater Sustainability Network. Watch the session here.
Sep 2026
I joined the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow as Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Global Terrestrial Water. Read the announcement.
Aug 2026
New paper, led by Viviana Re, on the past, present, and future of socio-hydrogeology. Read it here in Hydrogeology Journal.
May 2026
Two papers [1] hydrogeodesy and [2] groundwaterscapes were recognized as top viewed articles in Water Resources Research in 2025. Groundwaterscapes also received an Editors’ Choice Award from WRR in January.
Mar 2026
New paper, led by Annemarie Bäthge, sharing a global-scale time series groundwater dataset. Read it here in Scientific Data.
Dec 2025
New pre-print on “The puzzling yet tractable diversity of global groundwater sustainability challenges”.
Nov 2025
I accepted the Distinguished Dissertation Award from the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, recognizing the top PhD dissertation in Canada. View my acceptance speech and slides here.