Professor Stephen Taylor

Steve Taylor is a Professor of International Development and Sociology within the Centre for Global Development at Northumbria University and also a Visiting Professor within the South Asia Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Steve has research expertise, and has published, within the areas of south asian migration, transnationalism and diasporas; caste inequalities; agrarian change and Dalit social movements in India; climate action and adaption in south asia; and emotional labour. His recent work focuses upon India, in particular the states of Punjab and Kerala. He has been a Visiting Professor at Panjab University, Chandigarh and at both the Centre for Development Studies and the International Institute for Migration and Development in Kerala. Steve was recently Principal Investigator on a British Academy funded project titled International Migration and Inclusive Development in India and he is currently working on a project examining south asian diasporic engagement in climate action and climate adaption within India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. He has served on the editorial boards of international peer-reviewed journals such as Sociology, Sociological Research Online, Migration and Development and Contemporary Voice of Dalit, as well as undertaking major roles within professional associations including Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the British Sociological Association. Steve previously taught at the universities of Durham, Nottingham Trent, Teesside and Salford before arriving at Northumbria in 2009. He has then undertaken a number of academic leadership roles at Northumbria, including Head of Department and Associate Dean (Arts, Design and Social Sciences), Research Director (Social Sciences) and REF 2021 UOA Lead (UOA 20 - Social Policy).