Saskia Sassen is Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Co-Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. Her research and writing focuses on globalisation, immigration, global cities, the new networked technologies, and changes within the liberal state that result from current transnational conditions.
Articles
25.11.2017
Whose City Is It Anyway? Reflections on Global Urban Dynamics
Sociologist Saskia Sassen talks about the role of cities in globalisation, and how citizens can reclaim the rapidly dwindling urban space.
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Invisibility, Globalisation and the Limits of the Political Language
In what kind of world does the political artist work? Sociologist Saskia Sassen spoke at the first Life Hack of the art project Hacking Habitat. Her theme for the evening: invisibility. This concept was explored in connection to a range of ideas including expulsion, complexity and violence in the global economy.
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