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Laurens Bakker is an Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in the Department of Anthropology. His research primarily focuses on Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, with an emphasis on law, justice, land use, and resource conflicts. He is the principal investigator of the 'Securing Local' project, which studies the role of non-state security groups in countering extremist violence and providing human security. This comparative project also takes place in Kenya and Nigeria, funded by the NWO-WOTRO Security Rule of Law Program. Bakker has collaborated on various initiatives aimed at improving participatory law-making capacities among local governments and communities. He received his Ph.D. in 2009 from Radboud University Nijmegen, where his thesis titled “Who Owns Land? Looking Law Power East Kalimantan” is available in the university repository. His research explores the influence of local security groups, the concept of safety, and the dynamics of political agency amidst identity-based conflicts in Indonesia. Additionally, Bakker investigates how the decentralization and regional autonomy in post-New Order Indonesia have facilitated the growth of non-state authorities and their interactions with state domains.
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