---
title: "About The Author"
url: "https://ebooks.socialeurope.eu/6/a-chronicle-of-crisis/87/about-the-author"
---

**Zygmunt Bauman** was Professor of Sociology at Leeds University and one of Europe’s leading sociologists and public intellectuals.
<br><br>
<div style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; width: 100%; max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto;">
  <iframe src="https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/498595/7c3a9cee-09f9-4c69-97c8-5a36a032ab46?autoplay=false&loop=false&muted=false&preload=true&responsive=true" 
  style="width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;" 
  allow="accelerometer;gyroscope;autoplay;encrypted-media;picture-in-picture;" 
  allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>
</div>