Duncan Ross is a Scottish nationalist political activist and Professor of Economic and Social History.
Ross studied at the University of Glasgow and the London School of Economics. [1] He joined the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 1987, and was elected as the party's national secretary in 2006. [2] He stood for the party in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill at the 2005 general election, taking second place with 13.6% of the votes cast, [3] then in Cunninghame South at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, taking second place, with 34.6% of the vote. [4] He was fifth on the party list for the 2009 European Parliament election, but only the top two candidates were elected. [5] [6]
In 2009, Ross was a leading supporter of an independent Scotland joining the Euro, arguing that the SNP's manifesto should commit to this, rather than stating that the matter would be put to a referendum. [7] In 2014, he was an organiser of an event promoted by Republic, putting the case for an independent Scotland to be a republic. [8]
Ross works as a Professor of Economic and Social History, as well as the Dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow. [9]