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.
[citation needed] 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.