Professor Tracy Taylor
Details
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Department: College of Business and Law
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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tracy.taylor@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-8847-7692
Open to
- Media enquiries
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Distinguished Professor Taylor is currently the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation in the College of Business and Law.
Tracy has held numerous leadership and executive roles over her 30+ year career in higher education. Tracy is an internationally recognised sport management scholar, with 220+ peer reviewed publications, books, book chapters and research project reports. Tracy has been awarded over $3.8m in research grants, and has led numerous national, and international research projects and consultancies in North America, Asia and Europe. Her research interests are connected with the human resource management and leadership aspects of volunteers in sport, women's professional sport, and diversity, equity and inclusion in sport.
Industry experience
Professor Taylor has worked in and with a range of industries, governments and not-for-profits around the world on resesarch projects, capacity building progrms, leadership development and team-building.
Research fields
- 350405 Sport and leisure management
- 350503 Human resources management
- 350707 Leadership
- 350502 Employment equity and diversity
UN sustainable development goals
- 5 Gender Equality
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
Academic positions
- ADVC Research and Innovation
- RMIT University
- Business and Law
- Melbourne, Australia
- 5 May 2020 – Present
- Deputy Dean
- University of Technology Sydney
- Business
- Sydney, Australia
- 1 Jan 2009 – 29 Sep 2019
- Associate Dean
- University of Technology Sydney
- Business
- Sydney, Australia
- 1 Jan 2003 – 31 Dec 2008
Supervisor projects
- Exploring Digital Capabilities, Innovation, and Gender Dynamics of Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Era
- 17 Apr 2024
- Indigenous Peoples Attraction (Negative/Positive)To The Australian Army
- 22 Mar 2024
- Active Ageing in Sport: Participation and Identity in AFL Masters football
- 9 May 2023
Teaching interests
Women and sport leadership
Diversity and inclusion in sport
Human resource management in sport
Sport careers
Athlete well being
Sport volunteers
Supervisor projects
Gender policy in sport
CEO succession in sport
Research interests
Distinguished Professor Taylor's research areas are in volunteer management, diversity and inclusion, and women sport leadership. She has just completed an ARC Discovery in Women in Professional Sport, a women and disability in sport federal funded Grant and a EU funded project on newly arrived migrants and sport.
Research keywords
Sport Management, Women in Sport, Diversity and Inclusion in Sport
