Saskia Sassen

Saskia Sassen
Sassen in 2012
Born (1947-01-05) January 5, 1947 (age 77)
The Hague, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame
Known forStudies of globalization, world cities, and international migration
SpouseRichard Sennett
Scientific career
FieldsSociology, economics
InstitutionsColumbia University, London School of Economics
Thesis Non-dominant ethnic populations as a possible component of the U.S. political economy: the case of Blacks and Chicanos  (1974)
Websitewww.saskiasassen.com

Saskia Sassen (born January 5, 1947) is a Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is a professor of sociology at Columbia University in New York City, and the London School of Economics. The term global city was coined and popularized by Sassen in her 1991 work, The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo.[1]

  1. ^ Sassen, Saskia - The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. Archived 16 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine (1991) - Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-07063-6