Beth Mason

BSc, MSc

Research Fellow

bethany.mason@employment-studies.co.uk

+44 (0)1273 763 405

Beth joined IES as a Research Officer in August 2019 after completing a MSc in Applied Social Psychology. Her main interests include work and wellbeing but also welfare to work and education choices, and she aims to build on her analysis skills. Beth has experience using both quantitative and qualitative methods from undertaking reviews, experimental, and survey-based research during her academic studies and research roles.

Beth completed her MSc at Sussex University where her research projects included an evaluation of a meat-free campaign, and an investigation of the impact of social media on body image concerns. Prior to her MSc, Beth completed a BSc in Psychology at Cardiff University where her research explored the effect of advertising in alcohol use. During her undergraduate degree, Beth also undertook a placement year at the University in the Section of Forensic Psychiatry where she assisted the team on an RCT in HMP Cardiff, and undertook a systematic review of her own.

 

Education

2019	University of Sussex	MSc Applied Social Psychology
2017	Cardiff University	BSc Psychology

Career

2017‑2018	Shipping Clerk, Expeditors Int. at Kimberly Clark
2015‑2016	Student Psychologist, Cardiff University