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Dr. Steven Taylor is a Post Doctoral Fellow Level 2 at the School of History, University College Dublin, where he works on the ERC Starting Grant project DIASPORA: Deciphering Irish Alcohol and Substance Use: Post-war Representations and Accounts. His research focuses on the Irish diaspora in London and New York, examining intersections of alcohol, drugs, mental health, migration, and ethnicity since 1945.
His educational background includes a PhD from the University of Leicester, an MA from SOAS, University of London, and a BA (Hons) from University College Northampton.
Steven Taylor's research centers on the history of medicine, mental health, and welfare. He has extensively studied child insanity in 19th-century England, the role of philanthropy in managing mental illness, and the construction of mental deficiency in Victorian asylums. His work draws on patient records, Poor Law documents, and institutional archives to reconstruct the lived experiences of marginalized children. He has also explored themes of family, poverty, emigration, and institutional care.
His most recent publications, spanning from 2014 to 2020, reveal a strong focus on childhood mental health, asylum care, and the socio-cultural construction of insanity. These works frequently appear in top journals such as Social History of Medicine, History of Psychiatry, and Rural History. His research demonstrates a consistent methodological rigor and thematic coherence, bridging social, medical, and cultural history.
His scientific awards include the Wellcome Trust Research Resources Bursary (2015), the Wellcome Trust ISSF ECR Fellowship (2017–18), and the ERC Starting Grant for the DIASPORA project. These reflect his standing as a leading early-career historian in medical and social history.
Taylor has previously taught at the University of Kent as a Lecturer in the History of Medicine and at the University of Leicester as a Teaching Fellow, where he delivered modules on medicine, health, disability, and welfare from the eighteenth century onward. While no formal students are listed, his advisory role in edited volumes and research projects suggests mentorship activity. He has not received individual grant awards beyond fellowship support, but his involvement in major funded projects indicates strong research leadership.
He is affiliated with the School of History at University College Dublin and contributes to the DIASPORA research team, which investigates post-war Irish migrant experiences. His work is embedded in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment focused on diaspora, substance use, and mental health narratives.
