Heiko Pääbo is the Head of the Center for Baltic Studies, Institute of Government and Politics, University of Tartu. His research focuses on international relations and history of East and Central Europe, mainly on the Baltic States and Russia. His current research focus is related to development of national master narrative in Estonia. He has published several articles on textbook analysis of Estonia. In 2011 he defended his doctoral dissertation at the University of Tartu: Potential of Collective Memory Based International Identity Conflicts in Post-Imperial Space. Comparison of Russian Master Narrative with Estonian, Ukrainian and Georgian Master Narratives.