Karina Vamling is a Professor emerita of Caucasus Studies at Malmö University, Sweden, specializing in Caucasian languages and linguistics, language policy, and ethnic minorities. She is a co-founder of the research center Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR).
Nadiya Kiss is a Gerda Henkel Fellow at the Department of History of Science, University of Erfurt, Germany. Her research interests include sociolinguistics, migration linguistics, and higher education research.
Bo Petersson is Professor of Political Science at Malmö University, Sweden, where he heads the research center Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR). He specializes in Russian and post-Soviet politics, particularly legitimation of authoritarian political systems, and political myth.
Liudmyla Pidkuimukha is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany. Research interests include language ideology, language policy and language planning, and anthropological linguistics.