Didier Fassin

Didier Fassin
French sociologist, anthropologist and physician
Born	Didier Fassin (1955-08-30)August 30, 1955
Nationality	French
Alma mater	Pierre and Marie Curie University (MD) (present day Sorbonne University) École des hautes études en sciences sociales (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Sociology, anthropology, public health
Institutions	Institute for Advanced Study École des hautes études en sciences sociales Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris Collège de France

Didier Fassin, born in 1955, is a French anthropologist and sociologist. He is a Professor at the Collège de France on the chair “Moral Questions and Social Issues in Contemporary Societies” and the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and holds a Direction of Studies in Political and Moral Anthropology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He was elected to the Academy of Europe in 2021^[1] was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2022.^[2]