Mr Mark Mierzwinski

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Name:

Mr Mark Mierzwinski

Email:

m.mierzwinski@yorksj.ac.uk

Department:

School of Sport

Organisation:

York St John University

Address:

Lord Mayor's Walk, York, YO31 7EX

Country:

England

Homepage:

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/schools/sport/staff-profiles/mark-mierzwinski/

Biography

Job title:

Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport

Biography:

Mark’s research draws upon figurational sociology as a theoretical framework. His previous research has focused on females in martial arts, with particular emphasis on female Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athletes in relation to notions of gendered embodiment and physical empowerment. Mark's PhD focuses on male Physical Education (MPE). Theoretically, this involves examining social processes involved in the gendered civilizing of young males' bodies and the extent to which MPE offers young males a gendered quest for exciting significance. I am particularly interested in tension balances between these two concepts and how they play out in young males' masculine identities, behaviour and relations in MPE.

Qualifications:

Mark graduated from York St John University with a first class degree in (Ba) Sport Studies and completed an MSc in the Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University. In 2010, Mark re-joined York St John University as a lecturer and completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP). Mark is currently completing a PhD.

My Latest

Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2020) ‘One more Knight’ An evaluation of a community project to combat loneliness. Project Report. York St John University.
Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865, Cock, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9355-8358 and Velija, Philippa (2021) A position statement on social justice, physical education, and bullying: a figurational sociological perspective. In: Watson, Nick J., Jarvie, Grant and Parker, Andrew, (eds.) Sport, Physical Education, and Social Justice Religious, Sociological, Psychological, and Capability Perspectives. Routledge Research in Education . Routledge
Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 and Velija, Philippa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7689-4803 (2020) Bullying in male physical education: a figurational sociological analysis. Sport in Society. pp. 1-15.
Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 and Velija, Philippa (2020) Figurational sociology and masculine embodiment in male physical education. In: Magrath, Rory, Cleland, Jamie and Anderson, Eric, (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Masculinity and Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 117-134
Gibbons, Tom, Watson, Nick J. and Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2019) Christianity as public religion: a justification for using a Christian sociological approach for studying the social scientific aspects of sport. In: Gibbons, Tom and Braye, Stuart, (eds.) Christianity and Social Scientific Perspectives on Sport. Routledge
Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865, Cock, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9355-8358 and Velija, Philippa (2019) A Position Statement on Social Justice, Physical Education and Bullying: A Figurational Sociological Perspective. Quest, 71 (2). pp. 215-226.
Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2018) Teacher-pupil relations in Male Physical Education: Shifts in power-relations and more informalized relations. In: British Sociological Association Sport Study Group Postgraduate Forum:, 7 September 2018, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University. (Unpublished)
Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2018) "Teaching has changed loads it was more formal": Towards more 'informalized' relations within Male Physical Education. In: BERA Conference 2018, 11-13th September 2018, Northumbria University. (Unpublished)
Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2018) Embodied masculinities, power-relations and ‘bullying’ in Male Physical Education. In: International Sociology of Sport Association annual conference, 5-8 Jun 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland. (Unpublished)
Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2014) Bullying in male Physical Education: A figurational perspective. In: From Past to Present to Possible Futures:, 20-22 June 2014, College Court Conference Centre, University of Leicester, UK. (Unpublished)

My Most Viewed

#	Item title
1	Embodied masculinities, power-relations and ‘bullying’ in Male Physical Education	156	272
2	Women’s Experiences in the Mixed Martial Arts: A Quest for Excitement?	146
3	A Position Statement on Social Justice, Physical Education and Bullying: A Figurational Sociological Perspective	122	61
4	"I'm not the type of person who does yoga": Women, 'hard' martial arts and the quest for exciting significance	80
5	Engaging Students through a Problem Based Learning (PBL) Approach: A 5-Year Case-Study of an Undergraduate Sports Module	62	26
6	‘Banter, bonding and bodies’: Power imbalances within male Physical Education (PE)	62	24
7	Bullying in male Physical Education: A sociological perspective	54	19
8	Bullying in male Physical Education: A figurational perspective	53	27
9	Christianity as public religion: a justification for using a Christian sociological approach for studying the social scientific aspects of sport	51
10	"Teaching has changed loads it was more formal": Towards more 'informalized' relations within Male Physical Education	41