Writing/speaking
Publications and articles
Sim, N. 2022. Hustling, hybridity and changing attitudes to work in the arts. Engage 46: Generation Z and the Future of Creative Work
2.8 Million Minds team. 2022. A Manifesto for 2.8 Million Minds. the vacuum cleaner/Chisenhale Gallery/Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Sim, N. 2020. Creative Careers Academy Playbook: sharing practice and learning on tackling under-representation in the creative sector workforce. Somerset House Trust
Sim, N. 2019. Youth work, galleries and the politics of partnership. London: Palgrave Macmillan
Sim, N. 2019. Findings from the field: partnership working between galleries and youth organisations. Circuit: Test, Risk, Change. London: Tate [Available to download: https://www.tate.org.uk/about-us/projects/circuit-programme]
Sim, N. 2017. Natural allies or uneasy bedfellows: Investigating the geographies of partnership between galleries and youth organisations. London: Tate [Available to download: https://www.tate.org.uk/research/research-centres/tate-research-centre-learning/circuit-evaluation]
Brocken, S, Howard, F and Sim, N. 2017. Youth work, arts practice and transdisciplinary space. The SAGE handbook of youth work practice. London: SAGE
Sim, N. 2015. An overview of Shadow Curriculum. Heather and Ivan Morison: Shadow Curriculum gallery guide. London: South London Gallery
Sim, N. 2015. Book review: Youth, arts and education: reassembling subjectivity through affect. Cultural Trends Journal. Vol 24. Issue 4. pp. 337-339
Sim, N. 2015. Youth work, informal learning and the arts: exploring the research and practice agenda. Research Intelligence. Issue 127. p. 30
Sim, N. 2014. Chapter 2: The tree as curriculum. Heather & Ivan Morison: Shadow Curriculum [online]. London: South London Gallery
Sim, N. 2012. Play with a big P. The cat came as a tomato. London: South London Gallery
Public speaking
July 2022: Speaker: A Manifesto for 2.8 Million Minds - Public launch. Liberty Festival, Lewisham
November 2018: Speaker: Creative Margins London: Clash of cultures: collaboration to true partnership, Tate Britain
July 2018: ‘How to Curate a Youth Programme’, Whitechapel Gallery/Art Fund course, London
June 2018: ‘Class: the elephant in the room’, Creative Margins event, Theatre in the Mill, Bradford
June 2018: Discussion as part of Inventory of Behaviours, Tate Modern
September 2017: Researching cross-sector partnerships: tales from the field, British Educational Research Association Conference 2017, Brighton
March 2017: Panel participant: ‘Cross sector partnership: is democratic practice possible?’ Test, Risk, Change. Circuit National Conference, Nottingham Contemporary
November 2016: Partnership working between the visual arts and youth sectors, Commonwealth Youth Work Week Symposium, London
February 2016: ‘How to engage young people with the gallery’, Whitechapel Gallery/Art Fund course, London
November 2015: ‘Geographies of collaboration: decoding the hyperlocal’ workshop organised with The Whitworth, engage international conference, Glasgow
September 2015: ‘Contesting and producing change: a national perspective on youth and arts organisational partnerships’, British Educational Research Association Conference 2015, Belfast
September 2015: ‘What is a partnership? Navigating the geographies of collaborative work between arts and youth organisations’, Ethnography and Education conference, Oxford
March 2015: ‘Mapping risk in partnership work between visual arts organisations and youth organisations’, The Journal of Youth Studies Conference, Copenhagen
September 2014: ‘Cultural Collisions: The meaning and sustainability of partnerships between visual arts organisations and the youth sector’, British Educational Research Association Conference 2014, London
September 2014: ‘The spatial politics of partnership work between visual arts organisations and the youth sector’, the European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), Porto
Selected conferences organised and co-ordinated:
March 2017: Test, Risk, Change. Circuit National Conference, Nottingham Contemporary
April 2015: Youth work, informal education and the arts: exploring the research and practice agenda, In association with the British Educational Research Association, Nottingham
March 2012: Symposium: Gallery as Community, London
May 2010: The 2010 Visual Culture Studies Conference, London
February 2010: Visual Culture Studies in Europe Conference, London