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Mr Jonathan Ablitt
Research Associate, CASCADE
- AblittJ@cardiff.ac.uk
- sbarc|spark, Room 03.14, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Overview
I am currently a Research Associate in the Children's Social Care Research and Development centre (CASCADE). Since January 2022 I have been working on an independent evaluation of Action for Children's Serious Organised Crime Early Intervention Service. Prior to that I worked on a Health Care Research Wales funded project co-producing a toolkit for an effective service response to improve the outcomes of young people at risk of child criminal exploitation (CCE).
My PhD research (completed in 2021) explored the situated, collaborative production of urban parks as mundane civic spaces, focusing on interactional encounters between Park Rangers and members of the public in Cardiff. This work was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Publication
2024
- Smith, R., Ablitt, J., Williams, J. and Hall, T. 2024. The coining of convivial public space: Homelessness, outreach work, and interaction order. Urban Planning
2021
- Ablitt, J. 2021. Accomplishing public work: encounters with park rangers. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2020
- Smith, R. J. et al. 2020. Ethnography and the new normal. Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa 2020(2), pp. 195-205. (10.3240/97805)
- Ablitt, J. 2020. Dawn Lyon, What Is Rhythmanalysis? [Book Review]. Qualitative Research 20(2), pp. 243-245. (10.1177/1468794119880393)
- Ablitt, J. 2020. Walking in on people in parks: Demonstrating the orderliness of interactional discomfort in urban territorial negotiations. Emotion, Space and Society 34, article number: 100648. (10.1016/j.emospa.2019.100648)
2019
- Ablitt, J. and Smith, R. J. 2019. Working out Douglas’ aphorism: discarded objects, categorisation practices, and moral inquiries. The Sociological Review 67(4), pp. 866-885. (10.1177/0038026119854271)
Articles
- Smith, R., Ablitt, J., Williams, J. and Hall, T. 2024. The coining of convivial public space: Homelessness, outreach work, and interaction order. Urban Planning
- Smith, R. J. et al. 2020. Ethnography and the new normal. Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa 2020(2), pp. 195-205. (10.3240/97805)
- Ablitt, J. 2020. Dawn Lyon, What Is Rhythmanalysis? [Book Review]. Qualitative Research 20(2), pp. 243-245. (10.1177/1468794119880393)
- Ablitt, J. 2020. Walking in on people in parks: Demonstrating the orderliness of interactional discomfort in urban territorial negotiations. Emotion, Space and Society 34, article number: 100648. (10.1016/j.emospa.2019.100648)
- Ablitt, J. and Smith, R. J. 2019. Working out Douglas’ aphorism: discarded objects, categorisation practices, and moral inquiries. The Sociological Review 67(4), pp. 866-885. (10.1177/0038026119854271)
Thesis
- Ablitt, J. 2021. Accomplishing public work: encounters with park rangers. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Ablitt, J. 2021. Accomplishing public work: encounters with park rangers. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Smith, R. J. et al. 2020. Ethnography and the new normal. Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa 2020(2), pp. 195-205. (10.3240/97805)
- Ablitt, J. 2020. Dawn Lyon, What Is Rhythmanalysis? [Book Review]. Qualitative Research 20(2), pp. 243-245. (10.1177/1468794119880393)
- Ablitt, J. 2020. Walking in on people in parks: Demonstrating the orderliness of interactional discomfort in urban territorial negotiations. Emotion, Space and Society 34, article number: 100648. (10.1016/j.emospa.2019.100648)
- Ablitt, J. and Smith, R. J. 2019. Working out Douglas’ aphorism: discarded objects, categorisation practices, and moral inquiries. The Sociological Review 67(4), pp. 866-885. (10.1177/0038026119854271)
Research
Research interests
- Working in public space
- Service interactions
- Ethnographic research methods
- Language and category-use in action
Biography
Education
PhD Sociology, Cardiff University (2021)
MSc Social Science Research Methods, Distinction, Cardiff University (2016)
BScEcon Sociology and History, 2:1, Cardiff University (2015)
Honours and awards
Nominated for 'Graduate Tutor Award', Enriching Student Life Awards, Cardiff University Students Union (2018)