Dr Will Mason-Wilkes is a Research Fellow in Popular Culture and Media in the Institute for STEMM in Culture and Society (ISTEMMiCS), where he works across a number of projects. These include the 'Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum of Global Perspectives' project where he is co-editing a volume, along with Dr Alexander Hall, on global historical and contemporary media representations of evolutionary science and religion; the 'INSBS Internationalisation Grant' project, where he is supporting the development of an international network of researchers interested in science, belief and society; and working with the UKRI Future Flight Challenge Social Science Research Director to develop a programme of social research into future flight technologies.
Will completed his doctoral research at Cardiff University in the School of Social Sciences, graduating in 2018. Will has worked as a Research Associate on the ‘Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum’ project at Newman University before working as a Data and Research Analyst for the Welsh Government.