Edwin Bakker (born 20 October 1967) is head of the knowledge and research department of the Netherlands Police Academy and professor of Terrorism Studies at

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Biography

Bakker was born on 20 October 1967 in Leiden, in the Netherlands. In 1997, Bakker obtained a PhD degree with his thesis on minority conflicts in Slovakia and Hungary. He graduated from Groningen University, where he studied Economic Geography. Before joining the Police Academy he was the director of the Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism (CTC) of

Campus The Hague, and director of the

Institute of Security and Global Affairs Campus The Hague is an institution for university education and scientific research apart of Leiden University, located in The Hague. The teaching and research at Campus The Hague focuses on politics, public administration and international law, ...

. From 2007 to 2011, Bakker was a fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’. He was head of the Security and Conflict Programme.

Current roles

Bakker is head of the knowledge and research department of the Netherlands Police Academy and professor of Terrorism Studies at the Leiden University. He is also a member of the editorial board of several journals, including the ''

Journal of Strategic Security The Henley-Putnam School of Strategic Security, previously Henley-Putnam University, is an online school within National American University focusing on intelligence management, counterterrorism studies and protection management. Henley-Putnam off ...

'', and '' Internationale Spectator''. He is the lead instructor of the

MOOC A massive open online course (MOOC ) or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web. In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, m ...

" Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice" on Coursera. and guest lecturer at the joint training institute of the Dutch judicial system and the Public Prosecution Service, SSR (Studiecentrum Rechtspleging), the Institute for Safety (the Instituut Fysieke Veiligheid, or IFV), as well as Leiden University's Centre for Professional Learning. Bakker’s research interests include radicalisation and

jihadi terrorism Islamic terrorism (also known as Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism) refers to terrorist acts with religious motivations carried out by fundamentalist militant Islamists and Islamic extremists. Incidents and fatalities fr ...

, characteristics of (jihadi) terrorists dealing with (fear of) terrorism and its policy implications, security issues in general, as well as the world of policing.

Selected publications

Key publications include:Edwin Bakker publications
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''Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies: Comparing Theory and Practice''
Leiden: Leiden UP, 2015

References

External links

Staff - ICCT

Coursera instructor
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