Laura Hodsdon Editor

Laura Hodsdon is Associate Professor in Heritage, Culture & Society at Falmouth University. She was Project Leader of the Re:voice project and its UK Principal Investigator. Her research focuses on heritage and landscapes, with a particular interest in social justice drawing on a background in equality, diversity, and inclusion policy.

Valts Ernštreits is Director of the University of Latvia Livonian Institute, Culture Policy Advisor to the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, and was Latvia Principal Investigator for Re:voice. Being Livonian himself he has been involved in Livonian revitalisation efforts, and his research interests include building digital resources and developing approaches for the research, safeguarding, and accessibility of Livonian language and cultural sources, as well as lexicography, language standardisation, and intangible heritage.

Kadri Koreinik is Associate Professor of Language Sociology at the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics at the University of Tartu, and was Re:voice’s Estonia Principal Investigator. With a background and training in social sciences, she is interested in extralinguistic factors (ideologies, policies, migration) which have impacts on (socio)linguistic and social change.

Sjoerd-Jeroen Moenandar is Assistant Professor at the Minorities & Multilingualism programme at the University of Groningen, and led the Frisian Re:voice team. He is a narratologist and has a special interest in how storytelling is used to create individual and collective identities.