Kian Tajbakhsh and Saskia Sassen – Danger of Density: The Future of Cities and Migration in a Post-COVID World.
Kian Tajbakhsh and Saskia Sassen | Columbia Global Centers | April 1, 2021
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Saskia Sassen – Dead Land, Dead Water
Saskia Sassen | urbanNext | March 7, 2021
A warning on climate and the risk of societal collapse
Saskia Sassen | December 6, 2020 | The Guardian
Cities at War: global insecurity and urban resistance
Saskia Sassen | November 18, 2020 |LSE IDEAS
Exiting the Domain of Money – A Conversation with Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen | October 16 | PUSHBACK Talks!
The transformation of housing into financial assets normalizes misery in the cities of the Americas
Saskia Sassen | September 24 | openDemocracy
Saskia Sassen Receives the 2020 Edgar de Picciotto International Prize
The 2020 Edgar de Picciotto International Prize was awarded to Saskia Sassen during the opening lecture of the academic year on 15 September.
An appeal for the human sciences and creativity in France
Saskia Sassen | September 11 | University World News
Capital versus Life? Corporate Capture: Financialization & Financial Extractivism
Saskia Sassen | September 14 | Women's Working Group on Financing for Development
Transnational chat: how do we fix the global housing crisis?
Saskia Sassen | August 28 | The Correspondent
Saskia Sassen on Before Method
Saskia Sassen | July 2020 | Social Science Bites
Las Ciudades Hoy Ya No Son Para Todos
Saskia Sassen | July 2020 | Ethic
Sassen – Urbanisation and its impact on war
Saskia Sassen | August 4, 2020 | IISS
Saskia Sassen Signs Covid-19 Pledge To Restructure Barcelona
Por una Barcelona menos mercantilizada y más humana
Stiglitz – Restructuring Argentina’s Private Debt is Essential
Argentina's creditors are being asked to accept a proposal that would reduce their revenue stream but make it sustainable. A responsible resolution will set a positive precedent, not only for
Sassen – Urban Migrations and Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic World
Saskia Sassen | May 1, 2020 | Foresight
Sassen – Prominent Europeans call for EU answer to coronavirus threat
A number of prominent figures are calling for a “European response” to the coronavirus threat. The names of the signatories of the declaration, whose number is still growing, will be updated.
Sassen and Stiglitz – Featured in “Push” Documentary
Why can't we afford to live in our cities?
Sassen – World Architecture Festival 2019: Watch the Live Stream
World Architecture Festival 2019: Watch the Live Stream
Sassen – Neither Fully Urban Nor Fully of the Biosphere
Neither Fully Urban Nor Fully of the Biosphere
Sassen – Welcome to a New Kind of War: The Rise of Endless Urban Conflict
Welcome to a New Kind of War: The Rise of Endless Urban Conflict
Sassen – Reclaiming the Streets to Impose Equal Rights for Women in the City
Reclaiming the Streets to Impose Equal Rights for Women in the City
Sassen – Deep Inside the Global City
Deep Inside the Global City
Sassen – How the powerless can “hack” global cities
Saskia Sassen on how the powerless can “hack” global cities
Sassen – Manchester: making sense of the place, its strengths and its future
Manchester: making sense of the place, its strengths and its future
Sassen – Trump and the Brexit show us the mistakes of the political classes and the media
Saskia Sassen: "Trump and the Brexit show us the mistakes of the political classes and the media"
Sassen – We Need More Cities
I think we need more cities: Saskia Sassen
Sassen – Is Rohingya persecution caused by business interests rather than religion?
Is Rohingya persecution caused by business interests rather than religion?
Sassen – Whither our cityscape?
Whither our cityscape?
Sassen — Top-Down, Bottom-Up Urban Design
Top-Down, Bottom-Up Urban Design
Sassen – Investment in urban land is on the rise – we need to know who owns our cities
Investment in urban land is on the rise – we need to know who owns our cities
Sassen – Brexit: London can safeguard its global city status
Brexit: London can safeguard its global city status
Sassen – Redefining notions of urban intelligence
Redefining notions of urban intelligence
Sassen – Unpredictability is an important factor in making a metropolis great
Unpredictability is an important factor in making a metropolis great
Sassen – Going Beyond the Minimum
Going Beyond the Minimum
Sassen – How Jane Jacobs changed the way we look at cities
How Jane Jacobs changed the way we look at cities
Sassen – Urban Aspiration
Urban Aspiration
Sassen – ‘A monster crawls into the city’ – an urban fairytale by Saskia Sassen
'A monster crawls into the city' – an urban fairytale by Saskia Sassen
Sassen – How Merkel Gets It Right With Refugees
How Merkel Gets It Right With Refugees
Sassen – Who Owns Our Cities
Who owns our cities – and why this urban takeover should concern us all
Sassen – Trust – in a system built in stone
Trust - In a System Built in Stone
Sassen – Europe’s Story: Layers of Migration
Europe's Story: Layers of Migration
Sassen – Three rarely (if ever) mentioned or repeated facts in the Greek tragedy
Saskia Sassen: Three rarely –if ever– mentioned or repeated facts in the Greek tragedy
Sassen – IMF, EU elites ignore those swept aside by austerity measures
IMF, EU elites ignore those swept aside by austerity measures
Sassen – Global Cities Reach Beyond National Boundaries to Advance International Agendas
Global Cities Reach Beyond National Boundaries to Advance International Agendas
Sassen – Why The Paris Attacks May Signal A Shift In Extremist Violence
Why The Paris Attacks May Signal A Shift In Extremist Violence
Sassen – Keep an Eye on These Emerging Market Cities
Keep an Eye on These Emerging Market Cities
Sassen – These Charts Show Growing Numbers of People Being Excluded From the Economy
These Charts Show Growing Numbers of People Being Excluded From the Economy
Sassen – The Vultures of Wall Street
The Vultures of Wall Street: The Financial Firms that Prey on Sovereign Debt
Sassen – A Short History of Vultures
A Short History of Vultures
Sassen – The Future of Capitalism
The Future of Capitalism
Sassen – Chicago’s Tech Rebirth
Chicago's Tech Rebirth
Sassen – Cities of the Present, Cities of the Future: The Future Skyline
Cities of the Present, Cities of the Future: The Future Skyline
Stiglitz & Sassen – GDI Global Thought Leaders 2013
The Global Thought Leaders, 2013
Evans – Disposable Life
During his time as a Visiting Scholar at the Committee on Global Thought from August 2013 to January 2014, Dr. Brad Evans conducted a series of videos interviews with Committee members and Columbia
Sassen & Hansen – High-Profile Professors Sound off on NSA Surveillance
High-Profile Professors Sound off on NSA Surveillance
Sassen – AD Interviews: Saskia Sassen
AD Interviews: Saskia Sassen
Sassen – Prince of Asturias Laureate in Social Sciences
Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in Social Sciences on May 15, 2013. This award, convened by the Prince of Asturias Foundation honors
Sassen – Drones Over There, Total Surveillance Over Here
Drones Over There, Total Surveillance Over Here
UCGT – Committee discusses Occupy, global solidarity
Committee discusses Occupy, global solidarity
Sassen & Stiglitz – The Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers
The Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers
Committee Strives to Globalize Curriculum, Campus Mind-set
Committee Strives to Globalize Curriculum, Campus Mind-set