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.