Saskia Sassen#
| Membership Number: | 2279 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2004 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.saskiasassen.com |
Present and Previous Positions
- Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University
- Centennial Visiting Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics
- Co-Chair of The Committee on Global Thought
Fields of Scholarship
- Globalisation studies
- Urban studies
- Immigration
Honours and Awards
- Honoris causa degree in urbanism at Delft University of Technology, DePaul University (USA), and Universite de Poitiers (France)
- Member of Academia Europaea
- Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Cities
