Oxford Minds Lecture - Power: how does it work in the global economy?
The series

This term’s series explores social science’s big concepts. It examines the contested meaning and diverse application of some of the theoretical ideas that unify and challenge social scientists. It brings together the bright minds of Oxford, and high profile external speakers, to consider the range of ways in which we can think about ‘power’, ‘space’, ‘identity’, and ‘belonging’.

Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Member, The Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University (www.saskiasassen.com). Recent books are with Mary Kaldor Cities at War (Columbia University Press 2020), the 5th fully updated edition of Cities in a World Economy (Sage 2018), and Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy (Harvard University Press 2014, now out in 18 languages.) She is the recipient of diverse awards, including multiple doctor honoris causa, the Principe de Asturias 2013 Prize in the Social Sciences, she was made a Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of the Sciences of Netherland, and most recently was awarded the Geneva Picciotto Price. Her new research project is “An Ethics of the City.”
Date: 26 January 2021, 17:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2021)
Venue: Zoom Webinar - registration required
Speaker: Prof. Saskia Sassen (Columbia University)
Organising department: Social Sciences Division
Organisers: Prof Alexander Betts (University of Oxford), Dr Susan James Relly (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Prof Alexander Betts (University of Oxford), Dr Susan James Relly (University of Oxford)
Part of: Oxford Minds from the Social Sciences Division
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://cosy.ox.ac.uk/accessplan/clientinput/shoppingbasket3/basket/wizard/editbasket.aspx?coursedateid=152202
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Esme Wilks, Elizabeth Crawford, Lani Fukada