Dr. Lenore A. Grenoble specializes in the study of language contact and shift in Indigenous settings, with particular attention to the Arctic. Her work is empirically driven, and her current interests focus on language usage in multilingual settings, with particular attention to Arctic Indigenous language communities. She is presently involved in several collaborative projects that investigate the linguistic, social and cognitive causes and outcomes of contact and shift, coupled with questions about the impact of urbanization and climate change, on Arctic Indigenous language vitality. Alongside these projects, she is involved in research into language revitalization and how to create long-term sustainable language practices. Her current field and documentation work is centered in the Russian Far North and Arctic, and in Greenland. Grenoble is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). In 2018 she held the Fulbright Arctic Distinguished Chair, Norway. She has received grants from the NSF Program in Linguistics and the Program in Documenting Endangered Languages. 

Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Oregon, she is a teacher-researcher and specialist in the study of indigenous languages and the linguistic and social effects of contact. She directs the Oralidad Modernidad research programme and its components GeolingüísticaEcuador, Así Dicen Mis Abuelos and Voces and Ancestral Knowledge. She has participated in international projects on contact Spanish and for some years has been developing research methodologies that prioritise collaborative work with speakers. 

Lawyer by profession. After an intense period of his life as Mayor of Azkoitia (2003-2011) and spokesperson for the EAJ-PNV in the Gipuzkoa JJGG (2003-2011), he completed a Master's degree in Political Integration and Economic Union in the EU at the EHU-UPV and began a PhD in Law. He is currently Director of Social Innovation and Agenda 2030 in the Presidency of the Basque Government, in the General Secretariat of Communication and Social Innovation and Professor of International Relations at the University of Deusto, teaching the subject ‘Government, Business and Diplomacy’. 

Electronic engineer by profession. He's worked at several private companies. As far as his political career is concerned, he has been the mayor of Beasain City Council (2015-2020), the councillor of the same town and the head of language policy (2003-nowadays). He was a member of the Basque Parliament between September 2020 and August 2021. He has been an adviser to the Department of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment of the Basque Government between 2021-2023 and the Vice-Minister for the Environment and Sustainability from July 2023 to August 2024. He's been vice-chancellor of Language Policy since September 2024.