Timo Aava to join the ESC as the first Estonia-Oxford Visiting Fellow

Timo Aava will join the European Studies Centre in October 2025 as the first Estonia-Oxford Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow in Baltic Studies for the 2025–2026 academic year.

Timo holds a doctoral degree in modern East European history from the University of Vienna.

His research focuses on twentieth-century European intellectual history, minorities, international and diplomatic history, with a particular emphasis on the Baltic region. His work lies at the intersection of history and political science, adopting a transnational approach to explore cross-border entanglements, particularly how people, ideas, and institutions travel and operate across borders.

At Oxford, Timo will examine the transformation of political elites following the collapse of the Romanov Empire, focusing on Baltic German elites both within the Baltic region and in various international forums.