Edwin Bakker Explained

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 Leiden University.

Biography

Bakker was born on 20 October 1967 in Leiden, in the Netherlands.^[1]

In 1997, Bakker obtained a PhD degree with his thesis on minority conflicts in Slovakia and Hungary.^[2] 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 Leiden University Campus The Hague, and director of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs.

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.

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, and Internationale Spectator.

He is the lead instructor of the MOOC " Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice"^[4] on Coursera.^[5] 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,^[6] characteristics of (jihadi) terrorists^[7] dealing with (fear of) terrorism^[8] and its policy implications,^[9] security issues in general, as well as the world of policing.^[10]

Selected publications

Key publications include:^[11]

• Book: Edwin Bakker. Minority Conflicts in Slovakia and Hungary?. 14 July 2013. 1997. Labyrinth Publ.. 978-90-72591-42-5.
• Book: Edwin Bakker. Jihadi Terrorists in Europe: Their Characteristics and the Circumstances in which They Joined the Jihad ; an Exploratory Study. 14 July 2013. 2006. Clingendael Inst.. 978-90-5031-113-7.
• Book: Edwin Bakker. Leen Boer. The evolution of Al-Qaedaism: its ideology, its terrorists, and its appeal. 14 July 2013. 2007. Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael. 978-90-5031-122-9.
• 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

External links

• CTC
• Staff - ICCT
• Coursera instructor

Notes and References

1. Cyril Rosman, Terrorisme-expert: Jihadscene Nederland intact en groter dan ooit, Algemeen Dagblad, 22 July 2018.
2. See E. Bakker, Minority conflicts in Slovakia and Hungary?, Capelle a/d IJssel, 1997
3. Web site: Edwin Bakker. Clingendael. 11 April 2021. 23 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204739/http://www.clingendael.nl/person/edwin-bakker. dead.
4. https://www.coursera.org/learn/terrorism Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice
5. Web site: Edwin Bakker Coursera. Coursera. en. 2018-01-30.
6. Edwin Bakker & Peter Grol, Nederlandse Jihadisten. Van naïve idealisten tot geharde terroristen. Amsterdam: Hollands Diep, 2017
7. Edwin Bakker (2006). Jihadi Terrorists in Europe: Their Characteristics and the Circumstances in which They Joined the Jihad ; an Exploratory Study. Clingendael Inst.
8. Edwin Bakker. Naar meer weerbaarheid en veerkracht in contraterrorismebeleid. Oratie Universiteit Leiden, 2012
9. Book: Oldrich Bures. Eu Counterterrorism Policy: A Paper Tiger?. 14 July 2013. 1 March 2013. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. 978-1-4094-8923-8. 11–.
10. https://www.politieacademie.nl/actueel/Paginas/Strategische-onderzoeksagenda-legt-scherpe-focus-op-behoefte-politie.aspx Strategische onderzoeksagenda legt scherpe focus op behoefte politie
11. Web site: Edwin Bakker publications . 25 September 2013 . 30 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130930043703/http://media.leidenuniv.nl/legacy/edwin-bakker-publicatielijst-januari-2012.pdf . dead .