Dr Peter Taylor is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK. He was Director of IDS from April 2024 to December 2025 and previously its Director of Research. Before that, he spent ten years at the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa, latterly as Director of Strategic Development. His expertise lies in organisational development, capacity strengthening, evaluation and learning, and participatory social change. Dr Taylor is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and serves on the Council of the Development Studies Association. He holds a PhD and MSc in agricultural education and a BSc in animal sciences.