Duncan Mackenzie Ivison FRSN FAHA (born 1965)[1] is a Professor of political philosophy and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester.

[2][3][4] He has served as VC since August 2024 when he succeeded Nancy Rothwell and formerly served as Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Sydney and head of the School of Humanities.

[5][6][7][8][9] Ivison completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Philosophy at McGill University, in Montreal, where he grew up.

[12] His publications include work on postcolonialism,[13][14] liberalism[15] and indigenous rights.

[14][18][19] Ivison is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN) and the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA).