Jennifer Hoolachan

Dr. Jennifer Hoolachan is a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University's School of Social Sciences, appointed in 2016. She teaches Criminology and research methods across all levels. Her research focuses on homelessness, housing policy, youth transitions, substance use, and the sociology of deviance, employing ethnographic and qualitative methods. She explores how public/private spaces influence drug and alcohol use, intersecting with criminology, sociology, and human geography.

Her doctoral work (2016) examined drug/alcohol use among homeless youth. Research interests include marginalized groups, housing precarity, and the construction of home/place. She is available for postgraduate supervision and advocates interdisciplinary approaches to urban and social policy challenges.

Notable contributions include studies on private landlords' roles in tenant home-making, rural youth housing, and generational housing inequalities. Her work bridges academic theory with policy implications, emphasizing marginalized voices in urban and rural contexts.