Z. (Zsófia) Baumann
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Area of expertise: Radicalization, disengagement from terrorism, rehabilitation and reintegration, foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs)
Visiting address
- Schimmelpennincklaan 20-22
- Room number: 1.4
Postal address
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Postbus 15544
1001 NA Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
PhD candidate at the UvA (AISSR) and researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague. Researching the rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremists, terrorist offenders, foreign terrorist fighters and community responses.
Experienced writer and researcher with a demonstrated history in international relations, public diplomacy and international security. A graduate of Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary) and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) (CA, USA). Speaks English, Hungarian, French and Arabic.
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Research
Current project
PhD research on community-based responses to the rehabilitation and reintegration of Islamist violent extremists in Western Europe.
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Publications
2025
- Baumann, Z. (2025). Community-Engagement in P/CVE: In the Interest of Communities? SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5324373
2022
Baumann, Z. (2022). How the Global Counterterrorism Forum Can Become More Human Rights Compliant (Part I). Web publication or website, Opinio Juris. https://opiniojuris.org/2022/09/26/how-the-global-counterterrorism-forum-can-become-more-human-rights-compliant-part-i/ [details]- Baumann, Z. (2022). How the Global Counterterrorism Forum Can Become More Human Rights Compliant (Part II). Web publication or website, Opinio Juris. http://opiniojuris.org/2022/09/26/how-the-global-counterterrorism-forum-can-become-more-human-rights-compliant-part-ii/ [details]
2021
- Baumann, Z. (2021). Biden's National Security Strategy: Domestic Threats Take Centre Stage. Web publication or website, ICCT. https://www.icct.nl/publication/bidens-national-security-strategy-domestic-threats-take-centre-stage [details]
- Gielen, A.-J., & Baumann, Z. (2021). The First Decade of the Global Counterterrorism Forum: Monitoring, Evaluating and Looking Forward. Global Counterterrorism Forum. https://www.thegctf.org/About-us/Founding-Documents [details]
Talk / presentation
- Baumann, Z. (speaker) (25-9-2025). Community-Engagement in Practice: Understanding the Role of Communities in P/CVE - A Study of Three (Two) Cities, 7th Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism, Aarhus.
- Baumann, Z. (speaker), Gherbaoui, T. (speaker) & van Ark, R. (speaker) (11-6-2025). [Round table] Geopolitical uncertainty, (in)secure borders, and the 'foreign terrorist fighters' phenomenon. https://www.asser.nl/education-events/events/?id=4411
- Baumann, Z. (speaker) (16-7-2024). 4th International Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security Conference (BASS24), University of St Andrews. https://crestresearch.ac.uk/bass24/poster-abstracts/
- Baumann, Z. (speaker) & Gherbaoui, T. (speaker) (19-6-2024). Nordic Conference on Violence Extremism 2024, University of Oslo, Norway. https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/news-and-events/events/2024/ncve2024/panels/
- Sexton, J. (speaker), Siampakou, N. (speaker), Kinnecome, D. (speaker) & Baumann, Z. (speaker) (15-5-2024). Sanctions and the Pursuit of Accountability for International Crimes: Critical Reflections, Sanctions, Remittances, and (in)Security: Legal Conundrums, Financial Paradoxes, and Humanitarian Puzzles, Den Haag.
- Baumann, Z. (speaker) (30-10-2023). Countering terrorism and violent extremism in the public interest. https://www.asser.nl/education-events/events/?id=4306
- Baumann, Z. (speaker) (23-5-2023). A terroristák közöttünk – mi a Szíriából visszatérő külföldi terrorista harcosok jövője?, Embassy of Hungary in the Netherlands.
- Baumann, Z. (speaker), Wagner, P. (speaker) & Marton, P. (speaker) (9-9-2021). 9/11 és az afganisztáni terrorellenes háború húsz év távlatából, 9/11 és az afganisztáni terrorellenes háború húsz év távlatából.
Others
- Baumann, Z. (participant) (16-9-2025). Research Seminar: Prof. Conor Gearty: Homeland Insecurity: The Rise and Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law, Den Haag. Moderator of Research Seminar presenting Prof. Conor Gearty's new book entitled Homeland Insecurity: The Rise and Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law. (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Baumann, Z. (participant), Siampakou, N. (other) & Guzmán Mutis, A. (other) (27-3-2025). Innovative ways to counter terrorism: the role of transitional justice (other).
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Ancillary activities
No ancillary activities
Baumann, Z. (2022). How the Global Counterterrorism Forum Can Become More Human Rights Compliant (Part I). Web publication or website, Opinio Juris.