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Saskia Sassen

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Dutch-American sociologist

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1947 · age 79
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Saskia Sassen 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.

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Sassen's 1991 book The Global City charts how New York, along with London and Tokyo, became the most important cities in the global economy.Sassen's 1991 book The Global City charts how New York, along with London and Tokyo, became the most important cities in the global economy.Saskia Sassen at the Subversive FestivalSaskia Sassen at the Subversive Festival

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2016honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
2014honorary doctorate of the University of Murcia
2014honorary doctorate from ENS
2013Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
2010honorary doctor of the University of Poitiers

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Alan KayAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of MurciaFrançois JacobAlso won honorary doctor of the University of ValenciaPierre DeligneAlso won honorary doctorate from ENSAlexander OparinAlso won honorary doctor of the University of PoitiersTzvetan TodorovAlso won Princess of Asturias Award for Social SciencesRalf DahrendorfAlso won Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences

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Saskia Sassen 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.

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Born 1947 · age 79
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