Appointment of new President and Vice-Chancellor

University of Manchester (The)

20 December 2023

 

University of Manchester (The)

20^th December 2023

Appointment of new President and Vice-Chancellor

The University of Manchester has appointed Professor Duncan Ivison as its next President and Vice-Chancellor. He will formally take up the post from 1^st August 2024.

He will succeed Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell who steps down after 14 years in the role at the end of July 2024 when her contract concludes. 2024 is also a significant year as it will mark the bicentenary of the University, 200 years from its earliest origins in 1824.

Professor Ivison was appointed after an extensive global search process that began in March this year and has involved widespread stakeholder engagement across the University including members of staff, Senate, students, alumni, civic leaders, unions and business partners, concluding as planned.

Currently coming to the end of a research sabbatical, Professor Ivison will join from the University of Sydney, where most recently he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). Previously he was Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry. He is a Professor of Political Philosophy.

Earlier in his career, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, a Lecturer at the University of York, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University.

He completed a BA in Political Science at McGill University in Montreal, where he grew up and an MSc in Political Theory and a PhD at the London School of Economics.

Further details of the university announcement are available here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/the-university-of-manchester-appoints-professor-duncan-ivison-as-next-president--vice-chancellor/

 

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