ABOUT
Dr Calvin Taylor
University of Leeds
Chair in Cultural Industries
Email c.f.taylor@leeds.ac.uk
Roles
Faculty Director of Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer
Member of Faculty Executive
Opera North/University Collaboration Management Committee
University Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer Board
Member of Senior Lecturer Promotions Committee
Leader of School Cultural Industries Research Grouping
Current Teaching
Undergraduate – Cultural Entrepreneurship (module leader), Professional Development (module leader),
Postgraduate – Culture and Development (module leader), Cultural Policy: assessment and evaluation (module leader), Research Project
Research Interests
Critical debates about the role and significance of the creative industries in social, economic and political development.
Regional and local development; national policy networks and forums
Political economy, the sociology of culture and an interest in business models
Currently supervising two PhD students, one on an Arts Council of England bursary
Other Activities
Advisory work for the British Council in the development of its contribution to the DTI Transitional Markets Programme with 20 emergent economies. The author was the academic advisor to the British Council's pilot work in Colombia. The project has subsequently been taken to Lithuania and the author is in discussion with the British Council to take it to South Africa.
Founding member of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport's Regional Cultural Data Framework Steering Group. The Framework is the cornerstone of the Cultural Sector's evidence-base for reporting back to government on the impact of the Cultural Sector.
Advisory work to Yorkshire Forward's Digital Cluster Steering Group.
Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants
Member of Institute of Learning and Teaching