- Urban sociologist

- Served as Co-chair of the Committee on Global Thought

- Renowned for research and publications that shed light on economic and social inequality in cities

- Publications: The Global City: Enabling Economic Intermediation and Bearing Its Costs (2016), Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy (2016), A Sociology of Globalization (2006), Globalization and Its Discontents (1998), The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo (1991)

- Wife of Sennet Saskia Sassen is an urban sociologist serving as Chair Professor of Urban Planning at Columbia University

- Renowned for research and publications that shed light on economic and social inequality in cities
- Saskia Sassen’s website: //www.saskiasassen.com/index.php