The University of Manchester has appointed Duncan Ivison as its next president and vice-chancellor.
Professor Ivison will join Manchester from the University of Sydney, where he was most recently deputy vice-chancellor (research). He will succeed Dame Nancy Rothwell when she steps down in summer 2024, at the end of a 14-year term.
Professor Ivison, a professor of political philosophy, previously served as Sydney’s dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry.
Having studied at McGill University and the London School of Economics, he has also held academic posts at the University of Toronto, University of York and Australian National University.
