{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Connecting Research","provider_url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog","author_name":"Vessy Harizanova","author_url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/author\/mr932397\/","title":"The care ceiling: How precarious employment and maternity leave shape women\u2019s careers in academia - Connecting Research","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xh5xQKgpwn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/2025\/03\/07\/the-care-ceiling\/\">The care ceiling: How precarious employment and maternity leave shape women\u2019s careers in academia<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/2025\/03\/07\/the-care-ceiling\/embed\/#?secret=xh5xQKgpwn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The care ceiling: How precarious employment and maternity leave shape women\u2019s careers in academia&#8221; &#8212; Connecting Research\" data-secret=\"xh5xQKgpwn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/03\/pexels-sarah-chai-7282818-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":1707,"description":"In this blog, Karen Jones, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership and Management, sheds new light on the lived experiences of women academics by exposing the hidden ways in which academic structures disadvantage women and reinforce a \"care ceiling\" limiting their career progression."}