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Steve’s current workload is centered on consultancy and used analysis. The Centre for Recreation and Tourism analysis (CRTR) has undertaken two reports of Scottish hill for Developing hill Biking in Scotland (DMBinS). The first study entailed a desk-based workout to examine mountain biking supply inside Highlands, and an identification of gaps in that supply together with growth of recommendations for future development. The second report was focussed on an evaluation of DMBinS, an evaluation of progress inside growth of hill cycling in te past 3 years, and additional tips to build up hill cycling provision. This second research entailed a wide-ranging consultation exercise, along with a quantification of the financial worth of mountain biking.

Steve has recently completed a funded knowledge trade task with Glencoe hill Resort, exploring techniques the business to grow its summertime operations, and developed the ‘LANDsARE’ trans-national COMMANDER forestry task, with lovers in Italy and Germany, which is why he sits regarding trans-national steering group.

He was area of the team that secured Heritage Lottery Funding for the Nevis Landscape Partnership. CRTR would be building training and educational materials when you look at the areas of history, conservation and wildlife tourism as part of this development project.

Steve happens to be composing academic documents that study mountain cycling tradition through a Bourdieusian lens and mountain biking as a means of attaining optimal experiences.

Qualifications

PhD in Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand
MSc (with Distinction) in remote and local Resources Planning, University of Aberdeen
BA (Hons) in Geography, University of Leeds

Background

Steve features a background in renewable vacation. He worked for Aberdeenshire Council for five years establishing transportation policy/strategy, writing effective European investment programs and managing projects including the Interreg IIIC ‘Concept’ sustainable transport task. A move to the exclusive industry, working as main Consultant for Capita Symonds, saw him building further task administration experience in the renewable transport sector. At this time he created a good enthusiasm for hill cycling.

Pursuing his after that challenge, Steve left the united kingdom to try his adventure tourism PhD in brand new Zealand. His thesis was entitled “Extending the fantasy Machine’: comprehending committed Participation in Mountain Biking. Making use of a qualitative method of in-depth interviews and general induction analysis, he interviewed mountain bikers in New Zealand therefore the British to try and comprehend the range of psychological, sociological and physiological aspects, with site attributes and information resources, which shape their particular participation.
Working a period in Whistler kindled Steve’s various other outdoor enthusiasm, skiing. His other passions feature climbing, winter season mountaineering, vacation and contemporary literature.

Analysis passions

• Autonomously-controlled adventure entertainment
• Mountain cycling
• Sustainable travel/transport
• Psychological aspects of adventure activities
• Peer pressure/social recognition of leisure involvement

Listing of publications

Educational Journals
Taylor, S. (2010) ‘Extending the dream machine’: Understanding people’s participation in hill biking. Annals of Leisure Research, 13(1 & 2), 259 – 281.

Rowsell, B., Maher, P.T., Taylor, S. and Mullins, P.M. (underneath analysis) hill bicycle Tourism developing: Capitalizing on Destination characteristics to optimize Potential in the Yukon, Tourism Evaluation Global.

Book Section
Carr, N. & Taylor, S. (2010) Intercourse shops associated with twenty-first Century: Are ‘you’ being served? N. Carr & Y. Poria. (eds). Sex and also the intimate during people’s leisure and tourism experiences. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Conference Procedures
Taylor, S. (2009) Influences on Participation in Adventure Recreation: a study into hill Biking in brand new Zealand in addition to great britain. Leisure Scientific Studies Association Annual Meeting, Canterbury, British.