Career: Peter Taylor is Professor of Sport Economics and Co-Director of the Sport Industry Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University. He is a lecturer, researcher and consultant on the economics of sport and leisure markets and organisations. He is a Companion of the Institute of Sport and Recreation Management in recognition of research contributions to the field, and a director of the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield. Professor Taylor was until 2006 Professor of Leisure Management at the University of Sheffield, where he was director of three postgraduate programmes in sports management, leisure management, and arts and heritage management. His career has focussed on applied research of direct relevance to the sport and leisure industry. His recent work includes investigations for Sport England into volunteers in sport in 1995/6 and 2002/3, construction for Sport England of performance indicators and national benchmarks for local authority sports centres and swimming pools in 2000 and 2002, and technical analyst for Sport England's National Benchmarking Service since 2000. Peter Taylor is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Managing Leisure (see url below).

Publications include: numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Sport Industry Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Hall, Collegiate Campus, Sheffield, S10 2BP, England; Tel: +44 (0)114 225-5320; Fax: +44 (0)114 225-4341; Email: peter.taylor@shu.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/sirc/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13606719.asp/ .