| (he/him) |
| University of Leeds |
| Current Position | Chair of Physical Geography, Director of water@leeds, UK Freshwater Quality Research Programme Champion |
| j.holden@leeds.ac.uk | |
| Department(s) | School of Geography and water@leeds |
| ECR | No |
| YES.DTN Core Themes | Dynamic Earth, Natural Hazards & Earth Processes |
| Profile(s) | Joseph Holden (0000-0002-1108-4831) – ORCID |
Key Research Interests
- Hydrology
- Peatlands
- Flooding
- Soils
- Agriculture
- Land management
- Water quality
Recent Key Papers
- Zhu, Q., Klaar, M., Willis, T., Holden, J. (2025) Use of Spatially Distributed TOPMODEL to Assess the Effectiveness of Diverse Natural Flood Management Techniques in a UK Catchment. Hydrological Processes, 39, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70122
- Salmayenti, R., Baird, A.J. Holden, J., Spracklen, D. (2025) Drainage and land cover interact to affect fire occurrence in Indonesian peatlands. Environmental Research Letters, 20, 10.1088/1748-9326/adc755
- Wang, H., Liu, J., Klaar, M., Chen, A., Gudmundsson, L., Holden, J. (2024) Anthropogenic climate change has influenced global river flow seasonality. Science 383, 1009-1014, 10.1126/science.adi9501