Steve Decent
Steve Decent | |
|---|---|
| Principal and vice-chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University | |
| Assumed office January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Pamela Gillies |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Brunel University (BSc) University of St Andrews (PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Hysteresis and mode competition in Faraday waves (1995) |
Stephen Paul Decent FIMA is a British applied mathematician and university administrator who has served as the principal and vice-chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University since January 2023. He has previously held a number of senior leadership positions across different universities and holds research interests in free-surface flows and hydrogen fuel cells.
In March 2025, he was announced as the eighth vice-chancellor of Lancaster University and will succeed Andy Schofield in January 2026.