SOCIOLOGIST

Saskia Sassen

1947 - Today

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Saskia Sassen (born January 5, 1947) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saskia Sassen has received more than 403,179 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Saskia Sassen is the 27th most popular sociologist (up from 31st in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 225th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Sociologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Saskia Sassens by language

Over the past year Saskia Sassen has had the most page views in the with 35,525 views, followed by Spanish (11,962), and German (7,033). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (102.52%), Occitan (88.21%), and Welsh (68.97%)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Saskia Sassen ranks 27 out of 79Before her are Paul Lazarsfeld, C. Wright Mills, Robert Michels, Thomas Luckmann, Daniel Bell, and Ziya Gökalp. After her are Robert E. Park, Howard S. Becker, Stuart Hall, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Georges Gurvitch, and Harold Garfinkel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Saskia Sassen ranks 122Before her are Yukiya Amano, Robert Cailliau, Branko Oblak, Gérard Houllier, Jan Garbarek, and Rod Evans. After her are Marc Bolan, Florian Schneider, Noritaka Hidaka, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, Nancy Fraser, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Saskia Sassen ranks 250 out of 1,646Before her are Regnier de Graaf (1641), Ben Feringa (1951), Hans Kramers (1894), Patrick Kluivert (1976), Jozef Israëls (1824), and Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577). After her are Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Jan Peter Balkenende (1956), Johann Weyer (1515), Aletta Jacobs (1854), C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), and Willem Blaeu (1571).

Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among sociologists born in Netherlands, Saskia Sassen ranks 1