Dr. Inger Marie G. Eira works as an associate professor at Sámi allaskuvla / Sámi University of Applied SciencesHánnoluohkká 45 NO-9520 Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. She holds a Ph.D. in Sámi language at Department of Language and Culture, University of Tromsø—the Arctic University of Norway (2012). Anders Oskal (M.Sc.) is an executive director of the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR) and Secretary General of World Reindeer Herders. Anders Oskal graduated from the Bodø Graduate School of Business, Nordland University. Dr. Prof. Svein Disch Mathiesen holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tromsø (UIT), Department of Arctic Biology and Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine in 1999. Svein Disch Mathiesen is an associate professor in physiology, focusing on reindeer nutrition and digestion at UIT (1989–2000). Svein Disch Mathiesen is a professor of zoo physiology at the Norwegian Veterinary College (2000–2014). Since 2002, Svein Disch Mathiesen is a researcher at the Nordic Sami Institute, (NSI) later Sami University of Applied Sciences (SA) and International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR) in Kautokeino, Norway. Mathiesen has published around 120 scientific articles.Marina Tonkopeeva, M.A., Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics, is a project leader at the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry in Guovdageaidnu, Norway. Between 2016 and 2022, Tonkopeeva worked as a project manager and coordinator for the Open School of Sustainable Development and the Coalition for Sustainable Development. As a language professional, Tonkopeeva has contributed to the work of the Arctic Council, DOCIP, and UNDP. She was a lecturer in the School of International Relations at St. Petersburg State University from 2017 to 2020. Her scope of research includes sustainable development, technologies for Indigenous languages, and knowledge co-production.
