Publications

Selected research outputs, reports, edited work, and editorial publications.

Doctoral thesis

PhD thesis: The rise of cities and the problem of political agency in the global age

University of Cambridge, PhD in Politics and International Studies, 2023

Doctoral thesis on the rise of cities as global political actors and what that discourse reveals about political agency, legitimacy, sovereignty, and liveability in the global age.

Towards a More Rational and Sustainable Working Time: Local and Regional Time Agenda

Authors: Tatiana Pignon, Alexandra Arntsen, Marta Junqué Surià, Nadia García Ruiz

Time Use Initiative • 2025

Research report for the Local and Regional Time Network, published by the Time Use Initiative, on local and regional working-time policies, reduced working weeks, and more sustainable time organisation.

Introducing a shorter working week in Scotland's public sector

Authors: Will Stronge, David Frayne, Tatiana Pignon, Kyle Lewis, Niamh Bridson-Hubbard, Rachel Limage, Liam Mullally

The Autonomy Institute • 2025

Research report on two shorter-working-week initiatives in Scotland's public sector, including a 32-hour week pilot and a move to a 35-hour week across selected public sector organisations.

A four-day week in Scotland's private sector? A spotlight on precedents and opportunities

Authors: David Frayne, Will Stronge, Kyle Lewis, Lukas Kikuchi, Tatiana Pignon

University of Salford / The Autonomy Institute • 2024

Policy report commissioned by the Scottish Government on private-sector four-day-week precedents, implementation examples, Fair Work principles, and Scotland's labour-market readiness.

Making It Stick: The UK Four-Day Week Pilot One Year On

Authors: Tatiana Pignon, Kyle Lewis, Liam Mullally, Lukas Kikuchi, Jack Kellam, Grace Western, David Frayne, Brendan Burchell, Niamh Bridson Hubbard, Jon White, Daiga Kamarāde

The Autonomy Institute • 2024

Follow-up report on the UK four-day-week pilot, examining longer-term organisational effects, worker outcomes, and practical strategies for sustaining shorter working hours.

New Directions in Uneven and Combined Development

Authors: Justin Rosenberg, Jack Brake, Tatiana Pignon, Lucas de Oliveira Paes

Routledge • 2022

Edited volume collecting new work on uneven and combined development in international studies, originally published in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

Letter from the editors

Authors: Tatiana Pignon, Niyousha Bastani

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 35(1) • 2022

Editorial introduction to Volume 35, Issue 1 of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

Letter from the Editors

Authors: Tatiana Pignon, Niyousha Bastani

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 34(6) • 2022

Editorial introduction to Volume 34, Issue 6 of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

Letter from the editors

Authors: Tatiana Pignon, Niyousha Bastani

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 34(5) • 2021

Editorial introduction to Volume 34, Issue 5 of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

Letter from the editors

Authors: Tatiana Pignon, Niyousha Bastani

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 34(4) • 2021

Editorial introduction to Volume 34, Issue 4 of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

Letter from the editors

Authors: Jack Brake, Tatiana Pignon

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 34(3) • 2021

Editorial introduction to a special issue on Trump and unpredictability in international relations.

Letter from the Editors

Authors: Jack Brake, Tatiana Pignon, Justin Rosenberg

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 34(2) • 2021

Editorial introduction to a special issue on uneven and combined development.

Letter from the Editors

Authors: Jack Brake, Tatiana Pignon, Flamur Krasniqi

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 34(1) • 2021

Editorial introduction to Volume 34, Issue 1 of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.