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MATTHEWS, C.R., 2025. A relatively rational analysis of interpretative analysis. International Review of Qualitative Research, pp. 1-29. ISSN 1940-8447

SHAW, M.P., IRGENS, C.W., BØRNES, E., SKOGSETH, V.S. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2025. ‘Measuring’ methodological artefacts – thinking critically about surveys via knowledge of ‘biobanding’. Science and Medicine in Football. ISSN 2473-3938

HARDWICKE, J., MATTHEWS, C., PARRY, K., LANG, M., WALKER, D., SHAW, M., PIGGIN, J., BULLINGHAM, R., HURST, H. and ANDERSON, E., 2025. Preventing sport-acquired brain damage in children: ‘If in doubt, sit them out’ on its own is not good enough. Performance Enhancement and Health. ISSN 2211-2669

ALHASHMI, R., POCOCK, M., CHANNON, A. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2024. A typological understanding of medical support in sport: what do we know and what’s next? International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSN 1012-6902

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2024. Towards a ‘single-minded’ social science that matters. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11 (1): 1299. ISSN 2662-9992

HARDWICKE, J. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2024. All work and no play: does performance sport rob young people of their childhood? The Sociological Review Magazine. ISSN 2754-1371

MATTHEWS, C.R., BARKER-RUCHTI, N., COATES, E., LANG, M. and HARDWICKE, J., 2024. Children's rights, human development and play - rejecting performance-orientated youth sport. Sport Education and Society. ISSN 1357-3322 (Forthcoming)

HIEMSTRA, M. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2024. Feeling or funding? Critical co-production, rationality, emotionality and axiological reflections. Qualitative Inquiry. ISSN 1077-8004 (Forthcoming)

FORBES, D., ALHASHIMI, R., BOWES, A., LISTON, K. and MATTHEWS, C., 2024. “It's sort of help yourself” – DIY medical care and team-doctoring in amateur women’s sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSN 1012-6902

HARDWICKE, J., HURST, H.T. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2024. ‘Getting back on the bike’: risk, injury and sport-related concussion in competitive road cycling. Sociology of Sport Journal. ISSN 0741-1235

HARDWICKE, J., ALHASHMI, R., FORBES, D., PAETCHER, C., POCOCK, M., TAYLOR, K., YEAGERS, D. and MATTHEWS, C., 2024. Is gender equality in brain damage ‘progress’ for women and sport? International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSN 1012-6902

MALCOLM, D., MATTHEWS, C.R. and WILTSHIRE, G., 2024. Concussion in sport: it’s time to drop the tobacco analogy. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. ISSN 1440-2440

MATTHEWS, C.R., WATSON, P., DENING, T., VARLEY, I., HUNTER, A., MALCOLM, D., FORBES, D. and ALHASHMI, R., 2023. Concussion in sport – what do we know, and what’s next? Communications in Kinesiology, 1 (5). ISSN 2767-0732

MATTHEWS, C.R., HURRELL, A., OLIVER, T.B. and CHANNON, A., 2022. Boxing, myths and reality building in sport for development programmes. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSN 1012-6902

CHANNON, A. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2021. Communicating consent in sport: a typological model of athletes’ consent practices within combat sports. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSN 1012-6902

MATTHEWS, C. and ALHASHMI, R., 2021. Athletes understanding of concussion – uncertainty, certainty and the 'expert' on the street. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. ISSN 2159-676X

ALHASHMI, R. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2021. 'He may not be qualified in it, but I think he's still got the knowledge': team-doctoring in combat sports. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSN 1012-6902

CHANNON, A., MATTHEWS, C.R. and HILLIER, M., 2020. The intersubjective accomplishment of power by medical professionals within unregulated combat sports. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSN 1012-6902 (Forthcoming)

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2020. 'The fog soon clears': bodily negotiations, embodied understandings, competent body action and 'brain injuries' in boxing. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSN 1012-6902

MATTHEWS, C.R. and JORDON, M., 2020. Drugs and supplements in amateur boxing: pugilistic amateurism and ideologies of performance. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 12 (5), pp. 631-646. ISSN 2159-676X

SEYMOUR-SMITH, S., GOUGH, B., MATTHEWS, C. and RUTHERFORD, Z., 2020. Food assessment: a discursive analysis of diet talk in interviews with older men who are obese. Psychology & Health, 35 (8), pp. 946-967. ISSN 0887-0446

CHANNON, A., MATTHEWS, C.R. and HILLIER, M., 2019. Medical care in unlicensed combat sports: a need for standardised regulatory frameworks. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. ISSN 1440-2440

CHANNON, A.G., QUINNEY, A., KHOMUTOVA, A. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2017. Sexualisation of the fighter's body: some reflections on women's mixed martial arts. Corps. ISSN 1954-1228

MATTHEWS, C.R. and CHANNON, A., 2016. “It's only sport” - the symbolic neutralization of “violence”. Symbolic Interaction, 39 (4), pp. 557-576. ISSN 0195-6086

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2016. Exploring the pastiche hegemony of men. Palgrave Communications, 2: 16022. ISSN 2055-1045

MATTHEWS, C.R. and CHANNON, A., 2016. Understanding sports violence: revisiting foundational explorations. Sport in Society, 20 (7), pp. 751-767. ISSN 1743-0437

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2016. The tyranny of the male preserve. Gender & Society, 30 (2), pp. 312-333. ISSN 0891-2432

GOUGH, B., SEYMOUR-SMITH, S. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2016. Body dissatisfaction, appearance investment, and wellbeing: How older obese men orient to "aesthetic health". Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 17 (1), pp. 84-91. ISSN 1524-9220

JAKUBOWSKA, H., CHANNON, A. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2016. Gender, media, and mixed martial arts in Poland: the case of Joanna Jędrzejczyk. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 40 (5), pp. 410-431. ISSN 0193-7235

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2016. The appropriation of hegemonic masculinity within selected research on men's health. NORMA, 11 (1), pp. 3-18. ISSN 1890-2138

CHAWANSKY, M., MATTHEWS, C.R. and JARVIS, N., 2015. The personal and the political in teaching, research and activism. Journal of Sport Science and Physical Education, 68, pp. 27-31. ISSN 1728-5909

CHANNON, A. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2015. "It is what it is": masculinity, homosexuality, and inclusive discourse in mixed martial arts. Journal of Homosexuality, 62 (7), pp. 936-956. ISSN 0091-8369

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2014. Biology ideology and pastiche hegemony. Men and Masculinities, 17 (2), pp. 99-119. ISSN 1097-184X

RUTHERFORD, Z., GOUGH, B., SEYMOUR-SMITH, S., MATTHEWS, C.R., WILCOX, J., PARNELL, D. and PRINGLE, A., 2014. 'Motivate': the effect of a Football in the Community delivered weight loss programme on over 35-year old men and women's cardiovascular risk factors. Soccer & Society, 15 (6), pp. 951-969. ISSN 1466-0970

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2013. 'Biology ideology': how the language of science shapes our (gendered) lives. The Sociology Teacher, 2 (2), pp. 4-7. ISSN 2052-3181

Authored book

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2021. Doing immersive research. Vol.1: Using social science to understand the human world. Beeston: CRM Publishing. ISBN 9781800494657

Book contribution

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2018. Pastiche. In: Wiley Blackwell encyclopaedia of sociology. 2nd ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Chapter in book

MATTHEWS, C. and ALHASHIMI, R., 2024. Ethical caring in academic supervision: brain damage in the field and moving beyond the ethics of ‘toxic green stuff’. In: K. HUGHES, G. SYKES, A. TARRANT and J. HUGHES, eds., F**k ups in social research: what to do when research goes wrong. Sage. (Forthcoming)

MATTHEWS, C., 2024. Knowing stuff: myths, science and reality. In: A. WHITEHEAD and J. COADY, eds., Myths of sport performance. Sequoia Books. (Forthcoming)

CHANNON, A., MATTHEWS, C.R. and HILLIER, M., 2022. 'This must be done right, so we don't lose the income': medical care and commercial imperatives in mixed martial arts. In: S. WAGG and A. POLLOCK, eds., The Palgrave handbook of sport, politics and harm. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783030728250; 9783030728281

CHANNON, A., MATTHEWS, C. and HILLIARD, M., 2020. 'This must be done right, so we don't lose the income': medical care and commercial imperatives in mixed martial arts. In: S. WAGG and A. POLLOCK, eds., The Palgrave handbook of sport, politics and harm. Palgrave Macmillan. (Forthcoming)

MATTHEWS, C.R. and MAGUIRE, J., 2019. Sports, violence, and society: some sociological observations. In: J. MAGUIRE, M. FALCOUS and K. LISTON, eds., The business and culture of sports: society, politics, economy, environment. Vol. 2, Sociocultural perspectives. Farmington Hills, MI: MacMillan Reference USA, pp. 113-125.

MATTHEWS, C.R. and CHANNON, A., 2019. The 'male preserve' thesis, sporting culture, and men's power. In: L. GOTTZÉN, U. MELLSTRÖM and T. SHEFER, eds., The Routledge handbook of masculinity studies. Abingdon: Routledge.

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2018. Becoming a "decent man" - learning through boxing. In: N. BARKER-RUCHTI, ed., Athlete learning in elite sport: a cultural framework. Routledge research in sports coaching . Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781138086418 (Forthcoming)

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2018. Doing public sociology in the classroom. In: C.R. MATTHEWS, U. EDGINGTON and A. CHANNON, eds., Teaching with sociological imagination in higher and further education: contexts, pedagogies, reflections. Singapore: Springer, pp. 171-182. ISBN 9789811067259

MATTHEWS, C.R., EDGINGTON, U. and CHANNON, A., 2018. Introduction: teaching in turbulent times. In: C.R. MATTHEWS, U. EDGINGTON and A. CHANNON, eds., Teaching with sociological imagination in higher and further education: contexts, pedagogies, reflections. Singapore: Springer, xv-xxvi. ISBN 9789811067259

CHANNON, A. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2018. Love fighting hate violence: an anti-violence program for martial arts and combat sports. In: T.F. CARTER, D. BURDSEY and M. DOIDGE, eds., Transforming sport: knowledges, practices, structures. Routledge research in sport, culture and society . Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781351684378

CHANNON, A., MATTHEWS, C.R. and KHOMUTOVA, A., 2018. Moving lessons: teaching sociology through embodied learning in the HE classroom. In: C.R. MATTHEWS, U. EDGINGTON and A. CHANNON, eds., Teaching with sociological imagination in higher and further education: contexts, pedagogies, reflections. Singapore: Springer, pp. 135-151. ISBN 9789811067242

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2018. On (not) becoming: involved–detachment and sports 'violence'. In: D. MALCOLM and P. VELIJA, eds., Figurational research in sport, leisure and health. Routledge research in sport, culture and society . Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781138708259

CHANNON, A.G. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2015. Approaching the gendered phenomenon of women warriors. In: A. CHANNON and C.R. MATTHEWS, eds., Global perspectives on women in combat sports: women warriors around the world. Global culture and sport series . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-21. ISBN 9781137439369

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2015. Being nosey: the body as an effective but flawed tool for research. In: I. WELLARD, ed., Researching embodied sport: exploring movement cultures. Routledge research in sport, culture and society, 48 . Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 130-144. ISBN 9781138793446

Edited book

MATTHEWS, C.R., EDGINGTON, U. and CHANNON, A., 2018. Teaching with sociological imagination in higher and further education: contexts, pedagogies, reflections. Singapore: Springer. ISBN 9789811067259

CHANNON, A.G. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2015. Global perspectives on women in combat sports: women warriors around the world. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Newspaper or popular journal contribution

HARDWICKE, J., MATTHEWS, C. and TAYLOR, K., 2024. Women’s rugby and brain injuries – the painful cost of gender equality. The Conversation.

Professional or trade journal contribution

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2014. Teaching reforms: not all bad. Network: Magazine of the British Sociological Association (summer), pp. 44-45.

Research report for external body

CHANNON, A.G. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2016. Engaging women and girls in martial arts and combat sports: theoretical issues and their implications for practice. Martial Arts Studies Research Network.

MATTHEWS, C.R., CHANNON, A. and BLACK, J., 2015. Learning & teaching in sociology - a report by the British Sociological Association. Durham: British Sociological Association.

Website content

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2017. Critiquing and creating spaces in sport. Gender & Society.

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2017. We need to talk about the worst bits of the 'best fights'. Love Fighting Hate Violence (LFHV).

CHANNON, A. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2016. Nicholas Walters, boxing, and 'quitting': a case of the violence of interpretation. Love Fighting Hate Violence (LFHV).

MATTHEWS, C.R., 2016. Love Fighting Hate Violence: engaging people in academic projects with the emotions. Love Fighting Hate Violence (LFHV).

Other

CHANNON, A.G. and MATTHEWS, C.R., 2016. Love Fighting Hate Violence manifesto. Love Fighting Hate Violence (LFHV).