Edwin Bakker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Edwin Bakker

researcher

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1967

Place of Birth: Leiden, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: geographer, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Edwin Bakker (born 20 October 1967, Leiden) 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.
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’.
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.
He graduated from Groningen University where he studied Economic Geography. Bakker’s research interests include radicalisation and jihadi terrorism, characteristics of (jihadi) terrorists dealing with (fear of) terrorism and its policy implications.
security issues in general, as well as the world of policing