Seth Nathaniel Linga MSc

Seth Nathaniel Linga

PhD student

Contact details

Email
sxl1405@student.bham.ac.uk

Seth's research aims to unfold the philosophical foundations of global irrigation models, including their premises, subjectivity, and connection to the real world. Through the DAWN project, he seeks to contribute new knowledge and improve the use of mathematical models as tools for scientific inquiry and policy-making in irrigated agriculture.

Qualifications

  • MSc in Water Science and Engineering – Irrigation Engineering and Management for Food Security (with Distinction), IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands, 2023
  • BSc in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines, 2019

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Puy, A, Aguiló-Rivera, C, Linga, SN, Clarke, N, Richards, O, Flinders, S & Melsen, LA 2026, 'Fifty years of research have deepened uncertainties in global irrigation water withdrawals', Nature Water. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-026-00710-0

Linga, SN, Aguiló‐Rivera, C, Larsen, J, Massimi, M, Wei, N & Puy, A 2025, 'Global irrigation modeling relies more on pragmatic than empirical assumptions', Water Resources Research, vol. 61, no. 12, e2025WR040674. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025wr040674

Puy, A, Bacon, E, Carmona, A, Flinders, S, Gefen, D, Khanjani, M, Larsen, KR, Lachi, A, Linga, SN, Lo Piano, S, Melsen, LA, Murray, E, Sheikholeslami, R, Sobhani, A, Wei, N & Saltelli, A 2025, 'Socio-environmental modeling shows physics-like confidence with water modeling surpassing it in numerical claims', iScience, vol. 28, no. 4, 112184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112184

Puy, A, Linga, SN, Wei, N, Flinders, S, Callow, B, Allen, G, Cross, B, Aguiló-Rivera, C & Lankford, B 2025, 'Widely cited global irrigation statistics lack empirical support', PNAS nexus, vol. 4, no. 11, pgaf323. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf323