Associate Professor Mark Falcous

2026

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Scott, G. (2026). Narrating multiculturalism: Lydia Ko, model minorities, and the mediated Kiwi sporting nation. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 50(1), 36-61. doi: 10.1177/01937235251390793

2025

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M., & Poingdestre, M. (2025). Beyond greatness? 11 days in Ōteopoti-Dunedin. In A. Beissel, J. E. Brice, V. Postlethwaite & A. Grainger (Eds.), Critical Perspectives on the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Events, issues, and controversies. (pp. 241-254). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003507703-22

Journal - Research Article

Masucci, M., & Falcous, M. (2025). Cycling tribes: Lifestyles, values, and aesthetics. Annals of Leisure Research, 28(2), 262-282. doi: 10.1080/11745398.2024.2322438

2024

Edited Book - Research

Maguire, J., Liston, K., & Falcous, M. (Eds.). (2024). Handbook on Sport and Migration. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 131p. doi: 10.4337/9781789909418

Chapter in Book - Research

Joseph, J., & Falcous, M. (2024). Cultural hybridity, simultaneous embeddedness and the indigenisation of capoeira in New Zealand. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), Handbook on Sport and Migration. (pp. 162-174). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781789909418.00022

Chiba, N., & Falcous, M. (2024). International student-athletes and the basketball world system: African talent pipelines and Japanese pathways. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), Handbook on Sport and Migration. (pp. 123-139). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781789909418.00019

Maguire, J., Liston, K., & Falcous, M. (2024). Introduction: making sense of sport, space, place, identities and migration. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), Handbook on Sport and Migration. (pp. 1-9). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781789909418.00006

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Potgieter, S. (2024). National mythscapes and popular New Zealand rugby histories: Representing the 1986 Cavaliers. International Journal of the History of Sport, 41(6), 510-530. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2024.2371475

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Potgieter, S., & Falcous, M. (2024, May). Shifting constructions of the sporting past: Narrating the 1981 Springbok tour. Verbal presentation at the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Annual Conference, Denver, USA.

2023

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Scott, G. (2023). New Zealand's princess of the pool: Post-ableism and the media narrativisation of Sophie Pascoe. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 58(5), 889-907. doi: 10.1177/10126902221135031

Journal - Research Other

Falcous, M. (2023). [Review of the book A guidebook for novice qualitative researchers]. Qualitative Research, 23(3), 842-844. doi: 10.1177/14687941211052276

2022

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M., & Potgieter, S. (2022). The sporting mythscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand. In D. Sturm & R. Kerr (Eds.), Sport in Aotearoa New Zealand: Contested terrain. (pp. 107-118). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003034445-10

Falcous, M. (2022). Sports history and the challenge of Physical Cultural Studies. In M. G. Phillips, D. Booth & C. Adams (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 41-49). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306

Journal - Research Article

Turconi, L., Shaw, S., & Falcous, M. (2022). Examining discursive practices of diversity and inclusion in New Zealand Rugby. Sport Management Review, 25(4), 589-607. doi: 10.1080/14413523.2021.2014182

2021

Edited Book - Research

Maguire, J., Liston, K., & Falcous, M. (Eds.). (2021). The Palgrave handbook of globalization and sport. London, UK: Palgrave McMillan, 709p. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-56854-0

Chapter in Book - Research

Maguire, J., Liston, K., & Falcous, M. (2021). Introduction: Mapping the global sports sphere. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of globalization and sport. (pp. 3-18). London, UK: Palgrave McMillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-56854-0_1

Falcous, M. (2021). Global mediasport: Contexts, texts, effects. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of globalization and sport. (pp. 323-340). London, UK: Palgrave McMillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-56854-0_15

Journal - Research Article

Uehara, L., Falcous, M., Button, C., Davids, K., Araújo, D., de Paula, A. R., & Saunders, J. (2021). The poor "wealth" of Brazilian football: How poverty may shape skill and expertise of players. Frontiers in Sports & Active Living, 3, 635241. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.635241

Uehara, L., Button, C., Saunders, J., Araújo, D., Falcous, M., & Davids, K. (2021). Malandragem and Ginga: Socio-cultural constraints on the development of expertise and skills in Brazilian football. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 16(3), 622-635. doi: 10.1177/1747954120976271

2020

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Masucci, M. (2020). Myth and the narrativization of cycle racing in popular literature. Sport in Society, 23(7), 1146-1162. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2019.1631802

2019

Edited Book - Research

Maguire, J., Falcous, M., & Liston, K. (Eds.). (2019). The business and culture of sports: Society, politics, economy, environment. Macmillan Reference USA, 1400p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M. (2019). Sports, the media, and national identity. In J. Maguire, M. Falcous & K. Liston (Eds.), The business and culture of sports: Society, politics, economy, environment (Vol. 3: Sociocultural perspectives). (pp. 281-294). Macmillan Reference USA.

Falcous, M. (2019). Sports and media globalization. In J. Maguire, M. Falcous & K. Liston (Eds.), The business and culture of sports: Society, politics, economy, environment (Vol. 3: Sociocultural perspectives). (pp. 257-266). Macmillan Reference USA.

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., Hawzen, M. G., & Newman, J. I. (2019). Hyperpartisan sports media in Trump’s America:The metapolitics of Breitbart Sports. Communication & Sport, 7(5), 588-610. doi: 10.1177/2167479518801557

Joseph, J., & Falcous, M. (2019). Negotiating the ‘Kiwi Bloke’: Accessing mosaic masculinities through Afro-Brazilian sport in New Zealand/Aotearoa. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise & Health, 11(2), 258-273. doi: 10.1080/2159676X.2017.1380694

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Masucci, M., & Falcous, M. (2019). Negotiating road cycling tribes, lifestyles, and the cycling industry. Proceedings of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) World Congress of Sociology of Sport. (pp. 46). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/issa-2019

Jenkins, M., Hargreaves, E., Rehrer, N., & Falcous, M. (2019). The experiences of electric bike users within the Dunedin community. In S. Mandic & K. Coppell (Eds.), Proceedings of The Active Living and Environment Symposium (TALES): Linking Transport, Health and Sustainability. (pp. 58). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Abstract]

2018

Journal - Research Article

Pringle, R., & Falcous, M. (2018). Transformative research and epistemological hierarchies: Ruminating on how the sociology of the sport field could make more of a difference. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 53(3), 261-277. doi: 10.1177/1012690216654297

2017

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M. (2017). Oceania: Football in the Pacific periphery. In J. Hughson, K. Moore, R. Spaaij & J. Maguire (Eds.), Routledge handbook of football studies. (pp. 445-456). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Falcous, M. (2017). Rugby league and the negotiation of Englishness. In T. Gibbons & D. Malcolm (Eds.), Sport and English national identity in a 'Disunited Kingdom'. (pp. 79-92). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315651613

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M. (2017). Why we ride: Road cyclists, meaning, and lifestyles. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 41(3), 239-255. doi: 10.1177/0193723517696968

Kumate, J. M., & Falcous, M. (2017). Grappling with judo: Reflections on the complexities of embodied ethnography. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise & Health, 9(2), 200-213. doi: 10.1080/2159676X.2016.1266024

Falcous, M., & Booth, D. (2017). Contested epistemology: Theory and method of international sport studies. Sport in Society, 20(12), 1821-1837. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2017.1232350

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Falcous, M. (2017). Understanding culture in cycling advocacy. In S. Mandic, C. Ergler & A. Moore (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium Active Living and Environment: Towards a Healthier and More Sustainable Future. (pp. 58). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Abstract]

2016

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Newman, J. I. (2016). Sporting mythscapes, neoliberal histories, and post-colonial amnesia in Aotearoa/New Zealand. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 51(1), 61-77. doi: 10.1177/1012690213508942

Uehara, L., Button, C., Falcous, M., & Davids, K. (2016). Contextualised skill acquisition research: A new framework to study the development of sport expertise. Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy, 21(2), 153-168. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2014.924495

Journal - Research Other

Falcous, M. (2016). [Review of the book English national identity and football fan culture: Who are ya?]. Sociology of Sport Journal, 33(1), 95-96. doi: 10.1123/ssj.2014-0151

2015

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D., & Falcous, M. (2015). History, sociology and critical sport studies. In R. Giulianotti (Ed.), Routledge handbook of the sociology of sport. (pp. 153-163). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Kumate, J. M., & Falcous, M. (2015). The lived experiences of taibatsu in Japanese high school wrestling. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport & Physical Education, 6(1), 41-56. doi: 10.1080/18377122.2014.997860

Falcous, M. (2015). White is the new black? Football, media and the New Zealand imagination. Soccer & Society, 16(4), 555-572. doi: 10.1080/14660970.2014.891987

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Falcous, M. (2015, June). Why we ride? Mid-life cyclists, consumption, meaning and status. Verbal presentation at the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) Congress, Paris, France.

2013

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2013). Interrogating sporting pasts and presents: Whose Scholarship will count, and what will it count for? In R. Pringle & M. Phillips (Eds.), Examining sport histories: Power, paradigms and reflexivity. (pp. 251-271). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Newman, J. I., & Falcous, M. (2013). Political theories of social class, sport, and the body. In D. L. Andrews & B. Carrington (Eds.), A companion to sport. (pp. 78-95). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118325261.ch4

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M. (2013). The paradoxes of provincialism, nationalism and imperialism: Otago rugby union(s), league and amateurism. Sporting Traditions, 30(2), 15-31.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hill, A., Boyes, M., & Falcous, M. (2013). Exploring critical and transformative methodologies in outdoor education research [Extended abstract]. Proceedings of the Sixth International Outdoor Education Research Conference. (pp. 62-66). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/ioerc2013

2012

Journal - Research Article

Newman, J. I., & Falcous, M. (2012). Moorings and movements: The paradox of sporting mobilities. Sites, 9(1), 38-58. doi: 10.11157/sites-vol9iss1id161

Grainger, A. D., Falcous, M., & Newman, J. I. (2012). Postcolonial anxieties and the browning of New Zealand rugby. Contemporary Pacific, 24(2), 267-295.

Falcous, M., & McLeod, C. (2012). Anyone for tennis? Sport, class and status in New Zealand. New Zealand Sociology, 27(1), 13-30.

2011

Edited Book - Research

Maguire, J., & Falcous, M. (Eds.). (2011). Sport and migration: Borders, boundaries and crossings. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 318p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2011). Future directions: Sporting mobilities, immobilities and moorings. In J. Maguire & M. Falcous (Eds.), Sport and migration: Borders, boundaries and crossings. (pp. 274-277). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2011). Globetrotters in local contexts: Basketball migrants, fans and local identities. In J. Maguire & M. Falcous (Eds.), Sport and migration: Borders, boundaries and crossings. (pp. 175-188). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Maguire, J., & Falcous, M. (2011). Introduction: Borders, boundaries and crossings: Sport, migration and identities. In J. Maguire & M. Falcous (Eds.), Sport and migration: Borders, boundaries and crossings. (pp. 1-12). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Anderson, W. (2011). Fighting whose corner? Boxing, the sports press and the Australian imagination. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 25(5), 743-753.

Journal - Research Other

Falcous, M. (2011). [Review of the book A social history of English rugby union]. Sport, Education & Society, 16(1), 132-134. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2011.531539

2010

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Silk, M. L. (2010). Olympic bidding, multicultural nationalism, terror, and the epistemological violence of 'making Britain proud'. Studies in Ethnicity & Nationalism, 10(2), 167-186. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-9469.2010.01073.x

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Falcous, M., & Newman, J. (2010, November). The paradox of sporting im/mobility. Verbal presentation at the Mobilities Symposium: Towards a Movement-driven Social Science in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2009

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M. (2009). Sport, tourism and cultural encounter: The 2005 Lions tour and the 'Barmy Army' in Aotearoa New Zealand [Case study]. In J. Higham & T. Hinch (Eds.), Sport and tourism: Globalization, mobility and identity. (pp. 223-226). Oxford, UK: Elsevier.

Silk, M. L., & Falcous, M. (2009). Sporting spectacle and the post-9/11 patriarchal body politic. In M. J. Morgan (Ed.), The impact of 9/11 on the media, arts, and entertainment: The day that changed everything? (pp. 221-233). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & West, A. (2009). Press narratives of nation during the 2005 Lions tour of Aotearoa-New Zealand. Sport in Society, 12(2), 156-173. doi: 10.1080/17430430802590961

2008

Journal - Research Article

Scherer, J., Falcous, M., & Jackson, S. J. (2008). The media sports cultural complex: Local-Global disjuncture in New Zealand/Aotearoa. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 32(1), 48-71. doi: 10.1177/0193723507307813

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Falcous, M., & Anderson, W. (2008, November). 'The man' versus 'the machine': Discourses of old and new nationalisms in the Australian sports press. Verbal presentation at the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2007

Chapter in Book - Research

Silk, M., Bracey, B., & Falcous, M. (2007). Performing America's past: Cold War fantasies in a perpetual state of war. In S. Wagg & D. L. Andrews (Eds.), East plays West: Sport and the Cold War. (pp. 289-313). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Other

Bruce, T., Falcous, M., & Thorpe, H. (2007). The mass media and sport. In C. Collins & S. Jackson (Eds.), Sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand society. (2nd ed.) (pp. 147-169). Melbourne, Australia: Thomson.

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M. (2007). The decolonizing national imaginary: Promotional media constructions during the 2005 Lions tour of Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 31(4), 374-393.

Falcous, M. (2007). Rugby league in the national imaginary of New Zealand Aotearoa. Sport in History, 27(3), 423-446.

2006

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Silk, M. (2006). Global regimes, local agendas: Sport, resistance and the mediation of dissent. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 41(3), 317-338.

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2006). Imagining ′America′: The NBA and local-global mediascapes. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 41(1), 59-78.

Journal - Research Other

Falcous, M. (2006). [Review of the book Kiwis, Wigan & The Wire: My life and rugby league]. Football Studies, 9(2), 79-81.

2005

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M. (2005). Global struggles, local impacts: Rugby league, Rupert Murdoch's 'Global Vision' and cultural identities. In J. Nauright & K. S. Schimmel (Eds.), The Political Economy of Sport. (pp. 57-84). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Falcous, M. (2005). Media-sports complex. In D. Levinson & K. Christensen (Eds.), Berkshire encyclopedia of world sport. (pp. 990-996). UK: Berkshire Publishing Group. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2005). Making it local? National Basketball Association expansion and English basketball subcultures. In M. L. Silk, D. L. Andrews & C. L. Cole (Eds.), Sport and corporate nationalisms. (pp. 13-34). Oxford: Berg.

Maguire, J., & Falcous, M. (2005). 'Making touchdowns and hoop dreams': The NFL and the NBA in England. In J. Maguire (Ed.), Power and global sport. (pp. 23-40). Oxon: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Silk, M., & Falcous, M. (2005). One day in September/A week in February: Mobilizing American (sporting) nationalisms. Sociology of Sport Journal, 22, 447-471.

Falcous, M., & Silk, M. (2005). Manufacturing consent: Mediated sporting spectacle and the cultural politics of the 'War on Terror'. International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, 1(1), 59-65.

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2005). Globetrotters and local heroes? Labor migration, basketball, and local identities. Sociology of Sport Journal, 22, 137-157.

Falcous, M., & Rose, C. (2005). Cultural identities in transition: Hypercommodification and fandom in English rugby league. Football Studies, 8(1), 5-26.

2004

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Falcous, M. (2004). [Review of the book Theory, sport and society]. European Physical Education Review, 10(3), 323-328.

2003

Journal - Research Other

Falcous, M. (2003). [Review of the book Power games: A critical sociology of sport]. Sport, Education & Society, 8(2), 277-279.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Silk, M., & Falcous, M. (2003, October/November). One day in September/A week in February: Reimaging Amercian (sporting) nationalisms. Verbal presentation at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2003, October/November). The media sports complex and local-global hierarchy: A textual anaylsis of televised basketball in Britain. Verbal presentation at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

2002

Chapter in Book - Other

Falcous, M. (2002). Rugby league and the media: Power without responsibility. In R. Gent & T. Wilkinson (Eds.), Fanpower: For the love of league. (pp. 122-126). London: London League Publications.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Falcous, M., & Rose, C. (2002). No sox please, we're British? Cultural identities, globalisation and rugby league. In R. Gent & T. Wilkinson (Eds.), North American Sociology of Sport Society (NASSS) Conference Abstracts. (pp. 69). [Abstract]

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Falcous, M. (2002). Sport and globalisation: Basketball, consumption and identities Loughborough University, Loughborough, England.

2001

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2001). Power play: Global basketball, player migration and local identities. European College of Sport Science. Scientific Communication, 1235.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2001). Making it local?: NBA expansion and the English basketball subculture. Marginality, Power and Sport: North American Sociology of Sport Society Conference (NASSS). (pp. 84). [Abstract]

1999

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (1999). Globalisation and sport: NBA strategies, English basketball and local lives. Perspectives & Profiles, 170.

1998

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M. (1998). TV made it all a new game: Not again! Rugby league and the case of the 'Superleague'. Occasional Papers in Football Studies, 1(1), 4-22.