Richard Sennett

Professor Richard Sennett OBE FBA FRSL
Sennett in 2016
Born	(1943-01-01) 1 January 1943 (age 81) Chicago, Illinois, US
Known for	Studies of social ties in cities
Spouse	Saskia Sassen ​ (m. 1987)​
Scientific career
Fields	Sociology
Academic advisors	David Riesman, Erik Erikson, Oscar Handlin

Richard Sennett (born 1 January 1943) is the Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and former University Professor of the Humanities at New York University. He is currently a Senior Fellow of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University.^[1] Sennett has studied social ties in cities, and the effects of urban living on individuals in the modern world.

He has been a Fellow of The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Literature. He is the founding director of the New York Institute for the Humanities.