Dr Jonathan Ablitt
Research Associate, CASCADE
- ablittj@cardiff.ac.uk
- sbarc|spark, Heol Maendy, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF24 4HQ
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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.
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Education
PhD Sociology, Cardiff University (2021)
MSc Social Science Research Methods, Distinction, Cardiff University (2016)
BScEcon Sociology and History, 2:1, Cardiff University (2015)
Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau
Nominated for 'Graduate Tutor Award', Enriching Student Life Awards, Cardiff University Students Union (2018)
Ymrwymiadau siarad cyhoeddus
Ablitt, J. (2023). ‘Beyond the form: Notes on meaningful ethical engagement from an ethnographic study’. Youth, Society and Risk Research and Development Group, Cardiff, UK. 7th February 2023.
Maxwell, N and Ablitt, J. (2022). ‘Child criminal exploitation: Working with parents rather than against them’. European Criminological Association Annual Conference, Malaga, Spain. 28th September 2022.
Ablitt, J. and Maxwell, N. (2022). ‘Walking the walk: Peer mentoring in a youth diversion service’. European Criminological Association Annual Conference, Malaga, Spain. 27th September 2022.
Ablitt, J., Smith, R.J., Hall, T. (2022). ‘Questioning conviviality: Mobile encounters and the visibility of public space’. The Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 31st August 2022.
Ablitt, J. (2019). ‘Getting over the fence: Realising city parks’ boundaries through Urban Park Rangers’ practical action’. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, USA. 12th August 2019.
Ablitt, J. (2019). ‘The power of ambiguity: Indexical moral categorisation in urban territorial negotiations’. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, New York, NY, USA. 10th August 2019.
Ablitt, J. (2018). ‘Dealing with and disattending discomfort: The interactional accomplishment of urban park space’. The Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Cardiff, UK. 30th August 2018.
Ablitt, J. (2018). ‘Reclaiming the clean-cut city: Audit, aesthetics, and accomplishing the moral order through urban maintenance practices’. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, LA, USA. 12th April 2018.
Ablitt, J. (2017). ‘Peripheral practices in urban maintenance: Street-level tactics to keep cities clean’. Cardiff Ethnography and Qualitative Research Group, Cardiff, UK. 6th December 2017.
Ablitt, J. and Smith, R. J. (2017). ‘Working out Douglas’ aphorism: Discarded items, categorisation practices, and moral inquiries. Down the Pan: New Directions in the Sociology of Dirt (The Sociological Review), Glasgow, UK. 12th October 2017.
Cyhoeddiadau
2024
- Holland, S. et al. 2024. Basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot evaluation: annual report, 2023 to 2024. Welsh Government. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/basic-income-care-leavers-wales-pilot-evaluation-annual-report-2023-2024
2023
- Smith, R., Ablitt, J., Williams, J. and Hall, T. 2023. The coining of convivial public space: Homelessness, outreach work, and interaction order. Urban Planning 8(4), pp. 42-51. (10.17645/up.v8i4.6457)
- Maxwell, N., Ablitt, J., Bennett, C., Bezeczky, Z. and Nightingale, M. 2023. Serious Organised Crime Early Intervention Service Evaluation. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: CASCADE. Available at: https://cascadewales.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/SOCEIS-Evaluation-2023.pdf
2022
- Maxwell, N., Williams, A., Ablitt, J., Bezeczky, Z., Thompson, S. and Crowley, A. 2022. Serious Organised Crime Early Intervention Service: Interim Evaluation Report. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: CASCADE. Available at: https://cascadewales.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/10/Serious-Organised-Crime-Early-Intervention-Service-Evaluation-Report.pdf
- Maxwell, N. and Ablitt, J. 2022. ‘Walking the walk’: Peer mentoring in a youth diversion service. Presented at: EUROCRIM 2022: Annual Congress of the European Society of Criminolog, Malaga, Spain, 21-24 September 2022.
- Maxwell, N. and Ablitt, J. 2022. Child criminal exploitation: working with parents rather than against them.. Presented at: EUROCRIM 2022: Annual Congress of the European Society of Criminology, Malaga, Spain, 21-24 September 2022.
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)
Research interests
- Working in public space
- Service interactions
- Ethnographic research methods
- Language and category-use in action