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Elma Blom is a Professor at Utrecht University focusing on language development and multilingualism. Her research particularly addresses multilingual children and developmental language disorders (DLD). Blom is keenly interested in understanding how language delays differ from congenital language disorders, as well as the diagnostic approaches for multilingual children. As a leader of the research consortium 'Multilingual Voices', she investigates the contexts in which children learn, including school and home environments, and their impact on cognitive and language development. Blom's work addresses critical questions about language acquisition, especially regarding children who may not have full proficiency in Dutch and the implications for their educational participation. She has been awarded a major grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to further her multi-contextual research. Blom has also received a Vici grant for her project on the developmental and psycholinguistic aspects of language mixing among bilingual children. Her contributions to understanding and supporting linguistic development in multilingual settings mark her as a leading figure in this field.
Department of Psychology