Dr Karen Jones is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Management at the Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK. She holds senior leadership responsibilities as Director of the Doctorate in Education (EdD) and on the Institute’s Senior Management Group. Karen’s research probes critical issues surrounding women’s career inequality. She has researched and published extensively on issues that include maternity and motherhood, women’s career capital, gender capital, women’s identity work, gender stereotypes, and the underrepresentation of women in Higher Education Leadership around the World, working with colleagues in Saudi Arabia, China, US, Germany and the UK.