Duncan Sim
Contact details
Room L201 (Paisley Campus)
Tel: 0141 848 3719
E-mail: duncan.sim@uws.ac.uk
Staff Profile
Dr Duncan Sim is Reader in Sociology at the University of the West of Scotland. Previously he worked in housing practice and taught for many years on the postgraduate Housing Studies programme at the University of Stirling. He has undertaken extensive research on black and minority ethnic groups, including asylum seekers, refugees and migrant workers, for a variety of funders including the Scottish Executive, local government, Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the voluntary sector. He served for ten years on the Scotland Board of the Chartered Institute of Housing, including three years as Secretary. He has been a member for seven years of the Board of Key Housing Association, which provides housing and support for people with learning disabilities.
Selected Publications
2007 Sim, D. and Bowes, A., 'Asylum seekers in Scotland: the accommodation of diversity, Social Policy and Administration 41.7, pp.729-746
2007 Sim, D. and McIntosh, I., 'Connecting with the Scottish diaspora', Scottish Affairs 58, pp.78-95
2006 McCabe, L. and Sim, D., 'Working in a dementia-friendly office: Stirling University's Iris Murdoch Building, Design Studies 27.5, pp.615-632
2006 Bowes, A. and Sim, D., 'Advocacy for black and minority ethnic communities: understandings and expectations', British Journal of Social Work 36.7, pp.1209-1225
2005 : Robertson, D., McIntosh, I. and Sim, D., 'The English in Scotland: focusing on an invisible minority' in Beech, J., Hand, O., Mulhern, M. and Weston, J. (eds), Scottish Life and Society: A compendium of Scottish ethnology, Vol. 9. The Individual and Community Life, Edinburgh: John Donald, European Ethnological Research Centre and National Museums of Scotland, pp.575-603.
2005 Sim, D. and Bowes, A., 'Young South Asians with learning disabilities: still socially excluded?', Research Policy and Planning 23.2, pp.99-110
2005 Bowes, A. and Sim, D. 'Reviewing positive action programmes in the UK', City Matters, http://www.urbanicity.org/FullDoc.asp?ID=470
2004 McIntosh, I., Sim, D. and Robertson, D., '"It's as if you're some alien…." Exploring anti-English attitudes in Scotland', Sociological Research Online 9.2 <http://www.socresonline.org.uk/9/2/mcintosh.html>
2004 McIntosh, I., Sim, D. and Robertson, D., '"We hate the English except for you, cos you're our pal": identification of the "English" in Scotland', Sociology 38.1, pp.43-59.
2004 Sim, D. (ed.), Housing and Public Policy in Post-devolution Scotland, Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing, 286pp.