Liesbeth van der Heide

Liesbeth van der Heide works at the Municipality of The Hague, coordinating the approach to Prevention, Polarisation and Radicalisation. Additionally, she is an assistant professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University in the field of terrorism and counter-terrorism and the rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremist offenders in and after prison. Finally, she is an Associate Research Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT).

Her fields of interest are: terrorism and stability in the Sahel (Mali); the overlap and fusion of (non)violent jihadist, separatist and rebel movements; (de)radicalisation and reintegration; and effective counter-terrorism. She currently coordinates a two-year research project for the National Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism and Security (NCTV) regarding the effectiveness of the reintegration of terrorists in the Netherlands. She teaches Master-level courses on Security and Intelligence and Security and the Rule of Law. Previously, she managed several research projects, including research for the Dutch National Police (KLPD) on lone actor terrorism; research for the General Intelligence and Security Service in the Netherlands regarding a fear-management based approach to counter-terrorism; and a research project for the Ministry of Security and Justice on the integrity-crime nexus. In 2013, she was a Research Fellow at the Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law. She is a member of the Dutch Flemish Network for Radicalization and Terrorism Research.

Publications:

Van der Heide, Liesbeth, Edoardo Balardo, and Elena Dal Santo (2019 forthcoming), The usual suspects: foreign intervention and governance structures in Mali, Journal of Modern African Studies.

Van der Heide, Liesbeth, and Bart Schuurman (2018), Reintegrating Terrorists in the Netherlands: Evaluating the Dutch approach, Journal for Deradicalization, Vol: 19, No: 17, pp. 196-238.

Van der Heide, Liesbeth, & Schuurman B.W. (2018), Re-Integratie van delinquenten met een extremistische achtergrond: evaluatie van de Nederlandse aanpak (Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University), Den Haag: Institute of Security and Global Affairs.

Schuurman, B.W., and L. van der Heide. “Foreign Fighter Returnees & the Reintegration Challenge“, Centre of Excellence, Radicalisation Awareness Network (2016).

Van der Heide, L. and R. Huurman. “Suburban Bliss or Disillusionment – Why Do Terrorists Quit?” Journal for Deradicalization, no. 8, (2016).

Bjorgo, T., de Graaf, B. van der Heide, L., C. Hemmingby and D. Weggemans. “Performing Justice, Coping with Trauma: The Trial of Anders Breivik, 2012” in Terrorists on Trial: A Performative Perspective. Leiden: Leiden University Press, (2016).

De Graaf, B., van der Heide, L., and A. Schmid. Terrorists on Trial: a Performative Perspective. Leiden: Leiden University Press, (2015).

Geenen, J. and L. van der Heide. “Preventing Terrorism in the Courtroom – The Criminalisation of Preparatory Acts of Terrorism in the Netherlands” Security and Human Rights 26, (2015), pp. 162-192.

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Selected publications16

The Last Frontier: Prisons and Violent Extremism in Mali

The Dutch Approach to Extremist Offenders

Terrorism Threat Assessment 2018 – 2019

IS Hind: Exploring Possibilities

The Practitioner's Guide to the Galaxy - A Comparison of Risk Assessment Tools for Violent Extremism

Fusion Centres in Six European Countries: Emergence, Roles and Challenges

The Cost of Crying Victory: Policy Implications of the Islamic State's Territorial Collapse

Action Agenda on Violent Extremist Offenders in Prison in Mali

Correcting the Course: Advancing Juvenile Justice Principles for Children Convicted of Violent Extremist Offenses

Children of the Caliphate: Young IS Returnees and the Reintegration Challenge

Juvenile Violent Extremist Offenders: Peer Pressure or Seasoned Soldiers?

Breivik’s Life-Long Battle for Attention

Rehabilitation for Foreign Fighters? Relevance, Challenges and Opportunities for the Criminal Justice Sector

Mumbai-Style Attacks in Paris

The Anders Behring Breivik Trial: Performing Justice, Defending Democracy

The 22nd of July Trial Reaches its Final Stage

In the media5

Senior Research Fellow Liesbeth van der Heide in The New York Times

Senior Research Fellow Liesbeth van der Heide on Foreign Policy

Senior Research Fellow Liesbeth van der Heide in ABC Radio

ICCT in the media: Christchurch shooting

Liesbeth van der Heide in talkshow M