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]
Bakker is head of the knowledge and research department of the Netherlands Police Academy and professor of Terrorism Studies at the Leiden University.[citation needed]
He as of 2021[update] 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.[citation needed]
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]
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]
^Edwin Bakker & Peter Grol, Nederlandse Jihadisten. Van naïve idealisten tot geharde terroristen. Amsterdam: Hollands Diep, 2017
^Edwin Bakker (2006). Jihadi Terrorists in Europe: Their Characteristics and the Circumstances in which They Joined the Jihad ; an Exploratory Study. Clingendael Inst.
ISBN978-90-5031-113-7
^Edwin Bakker. Naar meer weerbaarheid en veerkracht in contraterrorismebeleid. Oratie Universiteit Leiden, 2012