Mārtiņš Kaprāns is a senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia. He received his Ph.D. in communication science from the University of Latvia in 2012. Over the previous decade, he has been involved in several large-scale research projects on Baltic labor migrants, Russian-speaking communities in the Baltic states, ideological polarization in Baltic societies, ethnic stereotypes and prejudices in Latvia, and historical politics in Baltic countries and central Europe. His most recent articles have been published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of Baltic Studies, Memory Studies, Europe-Asia Studies, and in numerous international collections.