Bart Schuurman is Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, and head of the research group by the same name. His research focuses on understanding contemporary forms of terrorism, extremism and radicalization. In particular, he has studied why most extremists will not engage in terrorist violence. He teaches in the Bachelor and Master’s programs, and regularly contributes to Leiden University’s Centre for Professional Learning.

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Bart Schuurman is Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, and head of the research group by the same name. His research focuses on understanding contemporary forms of terrorism, extremism and radicalization. In particular, he has studied why most extremists will not engage in terrorist violence. He teaches in the Bachelor and Master’s programs, and regularly contributes to Leiden University’s Centre for Professional Learning.

Currently, he is engaged in a multi-year project on close protection and security in the Netherlands, known as the system of ‘Bewaken en Beveiligen’. Bart’s work has been supported by numerous grants, including those from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the Canadian ‘Community Resilience Fund’, the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund, and the Fulbright Commission. He obtained his PhD in 2017 at Leiden University and completed an MA in ‘International Relations in Historical Perspective’ from Utrecht University in 2009.

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