Pedro Gomes shortlisted for the Adam Smith Panmure House Prize

Congratulations to Pedro Gomes, who has been shortlisted for the 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 – a global award inspired by the legacy of Adam Smith, recognising research that explores the relationship between long-term thinking and radical innovation. 

Pedro Gomes research focuses on a simple but powerful question: What would happen to the economy if we worked less? He is a Professor of Economics at Birkbeck, University of London. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at Carlos III University of Madrid for seven years and a Visiting Professor at the University of Essex. He obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics in 2010. A researcher in the macroeconomics of labour markets, he has published extensively in academic journals and contributed chapters to books. In 2021, he published Friday is the New Saturday in the UK, presenting his vision of the four-day week as a more efficient and sustainable way to organize the economy in the 21st century. The book received critical acclaim, was named a Financial Times Book of the Month, and has been translated into Portuguese, Korean, Italian, and Spanish. In 2022, he was invited by the Portuguese government to coordinate the country’s first four-day week trial in the private sector. The trial, conducted in 2023 with 41 participating companies, resulted in 90% of firms maintaining reduced working hours beyond the pilot phase.