Saskia Sassen, the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, has won the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for social science for her contribution to urban sociology and to the analysis of the social, economic and political dimensions of globalization, according to the prize jury.

Sassen’s main fields of study are immigration and the role of major cities in the management of the international economy. One of her greatest contributions is her concept of the “global city” and its social, economic and political dimensions.