Edwin Bakker

Edwin Bakker (born 20 October 1967, Leiden)[1] is head of the knowledge & research department of the Netherlands Police Academy and professor Terrorism Studies at Leiden University. Before joining the Police Academy he was the director of the Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism (CTC) of Leiden University Campus The Hague, and director of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. In addition, he is a member of the editorial board of several journals, including the Journal of Strategic Security, and Internationale Spectator. Bakker is the lead instructor of the MOOC "Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice" on Coursera.[2] and guest lecturer at the joint training institute of the Dutch judicial system and the Public Prosecution Service - SSR -, the Institute for Safety - IFV -, and Leiden University's Centre for Professional Learning.

From 2007 to 2011, Bakker was a fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’.[3] He was head of the Security and Conflict Programme. In 1997, Bakker obtained a PhD degree with his thesis on minority conflicts in Slovakia and Hungary.[4] He graduated from Groningen University where he studied Economic Geography.

Bakker’s research interests include radicalisation and jihadi terrorism,[5] characteristics of (jihadi) terrorists[6] dealing with (fear of) terrorism[7] and its policy implications.[8] security issues in general, as well as the world of policing[9]

Bibliography

Key publications include:[10]

  • Edwin Bakker (1997). Minority Conflicts in Slovakia and Hungary?. Labyrinth Publ. ISBN 978-90-72591-42-5. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  • Edwin Bakker (2006). Jihadi Terrorists in Europe: Their Characteristics and the Circumstances in which They Joined the Jihad ; an Exploratory Study. Clingendael Inst. ISBN 978-90-5031-113-7. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  • Edwin Bakker; Leen Boer (2007). The evolution of Al-Qaedaism: its ideology, its terrorists, and its appeal. Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael. ISBN 978-90-5031-122-9. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  • Rethinking European Security, Principles & Practice. Special issue of Security and Human Rights, Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, vol. 21, 2010, no. 1, [with Arie Bloed, Sabine Machl and Wolfgang Zellner]
  • Preventing Lone Wolf Terrorism: some CR Approaches Addressed, Perspectives of Terrorism, Vol. V, 2011, no. 5-6 [with Beatrice de Graaf].
  • The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe. The challenge of transnationalization, London: Hurst Publishers, 2012, [with Roel Meijer]
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies: Comparing Theory and Practice. Leiden: Leiden UP, 2015

for a full list of publications, see google scholar.

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References
  1. Cyril Rosman, Terrorisme-expert: Jihadscene Nederland intact en groter dan ooit, Algemeen Dagblad, 22 July 2018.
  2. "Edwin Bakker | Coursera". Coursera. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  3. "Edwin Bakker". Clingendael.
  4. See E. Bakker, Minority conflicts in Slovakia and Hungary?, Capelle a/d IJssel, 1997
  5. Edwin Bakker & Peter Grol, Nederlandse Jihadisten. Van naïve idealisten tot geharde terroristen. Amsterdam: Hollands Diep, 2017
  6. Edwin Bakker (2006). Jihadi Terrorists in Europe: Their Characteristics and the Circumstances in which They Joined the Jihad ; an Exploratory Study. Clingendael Inst. ISBN 978-90-5031-113-7
  7. Edwin Bakker. Naar meer weerbaarheid en veerkracht in contraterrorismebeleid. Oratie Universiteit Leiden, 2012
  8. Oldrich Bures (1 March 2013). Eu Counterterrorism Policy: A Paper Tiger?. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-1-4094-8923-8. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  9. https://www.politieacademie.nl/actueel/Paginas/Strategische-onderzoeksagenda-legt-scherpe-focus-op-behoefte-politie.aspx
  10. http://media.leidenuniv.nl/legacy/edwin-bakker-publicatielijst-januari-2012.pdf
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