Mierzwinski, Mr Mark

• Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport
• School of Science, Technology and Health

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Article

Green, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0446 and Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2025) ‘It is a grey area in sport, not just in school’: A figurational analysis of banter in secondary Physical Education in England. International Review for the Sociology of Sport.

McGivern, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7726-7702 and Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2024) A comparison of gambling behaviours among sport-based and non-sport-based students in the UK. Mental Health and Social Inclusion.

Green, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0446, Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 and Haines Lyon, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8341-744X (2024) Conceptualising and navigating bullying in English secondary schools: A figurational analysis of power imbalances in physical education. Sport, Education and Society.

Smith, O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6687-151X, Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865, Oliver-Jenkins, V., MacLeod, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5621-4356, Chitsabesan, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4614-9866 and Chintapatla, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8326-2847 (2023) Novel insights into patient’s thoughts about their body image in abdominal wall hernia. Hernia, 28. pp. 43-51.

McGivern, Paul, Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 and Stupple, Edward (2023) A brief report on student gambling and how UK universities can support students. Mental Health and Social Inclusion.

Smith, O. A. M., Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865, McVey, J., Chitsabesan, P. and Chintapatla, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8326-2847 (2022) Abdominal wall hernia and mental health: patients lived experiences and implications for patient care. Hernia, 27. pp. 55-62.

Smith, O A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6687-151X, Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865, Chitsabesan, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4614-9866 and Chintapatla, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8326-2847 (2022) Health-related quality of life in abdominal wall hernia: let's ask patients what matters to them? Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 26. pp. 795-808.

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, 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.

Gibbons, Tom, Watson, Nick J. and Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2017) Christianity as public religion: a justification for using a Christian sociological approach for studying the social scientific aspects of sport. Sport in Society. pp. 1-15.

Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865, Velija, Philippa and Malcolm, Dominic (2014) Women’s Experiences in the Mixed Martial Arts: A Quest for Excitement? Sociology of Sport Journal, 31 (1). pp. 66-84.

Velija, Philippa, Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 and Fortune, Laura (2013) ‘It made me feel powerful’: women’s gendered embodiment and physical empowerment in the martial arts. Leisure Studies, 32 (5). pp. 524-541.

Book Section

Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 and Velija, Philippa (2024) Young People’s Use of School-Based Banter. In: Gabriel, Norman, (ed.) International Comparisons in Learning and Education. Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias . Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 131-154

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 (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 and Phipps, Catherine (2015) "I'm not the type of person who does yoga": Women, 'hard' martial arts and the quest for exciting significance. In: Matthews, Christopher and Channon, Alex, (eds.) Global perspectives on Women in Combat Sports: Women Warriors around the World. 1 ed. Global Culture and Sport Series . London, Palgrave, pp. 237-252

Monograph

Searle, Beverley, Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865, Baker, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4196-8950, Green, Ashley, Rose, Alicia and Littler, Helen (2023) Rural Health Inequalities. Project Report. Healthwatch North Yorkshire.

Green, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0446, Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041 and Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2023) Investigating the impact and value of anti-racist pedagogy within the undergraduate sport and leisure curriculum: A York St John University case study. Project Report. Leisure Studies Association.

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.

Noret, Nathalie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4393-1887, Smith, Andy, Birbeck, Nataly, Velija, Philippa and Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2015) Bullying In School Sport. Project Report. York St John University.

Conference or Workshop Item

Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041, Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 and Green, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0446 (2024) Investigating the impact and value of anti-racist pedagogy within the undergraduate sport and leisure curriculum. In: Lesiure Studies Association Annual Conference 2024, 9th to 11th of July 2024, University of the West of Scotland.

Sinani, Charikleia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8942-8780, Wilmut, Kate, Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865, Williams, Jacqueline, Licari, Melissa, Purcell, Catherine, Gentle, Judith and Wood, Greg (2023) The Impact of Developmental Coordination Disorder in the UK. In: DCD-UK 2023, 7-8 July 2023, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester.

Sinani, Charikleia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8942-8780, Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865, Williams, Jaqueline, Licari, Melissa, Purcell, Catherine, Gentle, Judith, Wood, Greg and Wilmut, Kate (2023) The Impact of Developmental Coordination Disorder in the UK. In: DCD UK Conference, 7-8 June 2023, Manchester. (Unpublished)

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) 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 (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 and Cock, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9355-8358 (2016) Engaging Students through a Problem Based Learning (PBL) Approach: A 5-Year Case-Study of an Undergraduate Sports Module. In: Talking About Teaching, 22 January 2016, York St John University. (Unpublished)

Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2015) ‘Banter, bonding and bodies’: Power imbalances within male Physical Education (PE). In: Research Reflections Conference, 10th September 2016, York St John University. (Unpublished)

Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2014) Bullying in male Physical Education: A sociological perspective. In: International Sociology of Sport Association conference, 9-12th July 2014, Peking University, Beijing, China. (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)

Other

Green, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0446, Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041 and Mierzwinski, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-5865 (2023) Decolonising the Curriculum and Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Sport and Leisure Education. York St John University.