1958) is a British sociologist and Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Manchester.
[1][2] Mason studied for her undergraduate degree in sociology at the University of Southampton and a PhD at the University of Kent.
In 2005 she moved to the University of Manchester and co-founded The Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives with Carol Smart.
[1] Mason has served as the Vice-Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council's research committee and acted as Chair of the ESRC Grants Delivery Group from 2012 to 2015.
[1] She was elected as a fellow of the British Academy in 2019.