She is a full professor at the University of Otago, holding the Alexander McMillan Leading Thinkers Chair in Childhood Studies, where she researches child and family law.
[4] Taylor holds the Alexander McMillan Leading Thinker Chair in Childhood Studies,[1] and is the director of the Children's Issues Centre within the Otago Faculty of Law.
She is interested in topics such as post-separation care arrangements, relationship property division, international child abduction, and family dispute resolution.
The research showed "high levels of dissatisfaction" with the reforms amongst professionals, and that parents and caregivers wanted greater account taken of children's wishes.
[6][7] Taylor was appointed to the Expert Reference Group formed in 2018 to assessing the reforms, and her research findings contributed to Andrew Little's 2020 Family Court Legislation Bill.