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dr. JS Timmer

Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Political Science and Public Administration

Visiting Fellow, Research Programmes - Social Sciences, New Public Governance (NPG)

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Jaap Timmer is socioloog en verbonden aan de afdeling Bestuurswetenschap & Politicologie. Hij doet sinds 1991 onderzoek naar politie- en veiligheids­vraagstukken in het bijzonder naar vraagstukken van geweld in politiewerk. Timmer geeft onderwijs in de master Besturen van Veiligheid. Hij is gastdocent aan onder meer de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, de Politieacademie en de Université de Pau & des Pays de l'Adour. Timmer is lid van de Advies- en Arbitragecommissie Rijksdienst (AAC), van de Raad van Nesteliers, adviesraad van de Commandant der Koninklijke Marechaussee en van de adviesraad van het Studiecentrum voor Publieke Veiligheid (SPV).  Hij is daarnaast vrijwillig schaapsherder.

Jaap Timmer is a sociologist at the department of Policitical Science & Public Administration of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In 1991 he started his research on police and security matters, especially on violence and the use of force in police work. Timmer teaches in the master Governance of Security. He is a visiting professor at among others the KU Leuven, the Netherlands Politie Academy and the Université de Pau & des Pays de l'Adour. Timmer is a member of the Advisory and Arbitration Committee for the Civil Service (AAC), of the Council of 'Nesteliers', the advisory board of the Commander of the Royal Marechaussee and of the advisory board of the Study Centre for Public Safety (SPV). He is also a voluntary shepherd.

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