Blokland studied at the
University of Groningen, where he completed his master's degree in 1997, and received his Doctorate under the supervision of
Cornelius Hasselblatt. After his studies, he held posts as
docent, visiting docent and
research and
teaching fellow at various universities, including
Tallinn University, the
University of Tartu, the
University of Greifswald and the
Humboldt University of Berlin. From 2005 to 2006, Blokland worked with professor Cornelius Hasselblatt at the department of Finno-Ugric Languages and Cultures in Groningen, and from 2009 to 2010 he was acting professor of Finno-Ugric and Uralic Studies (formerly
Eugene Helimski) at the
University of Hamburg. In 2011, he took the position of Assistant Professor at the Chair of Finno-Ugric Studies (Elena Skribnik) at
LMU Munich. In 2014, Rogier Blokland was appointed as Professor of Finno-Ugric languages at the Department of Modern Languages at Uppsala University, a position previously held by . Blokland's research focuses on the
Baltic-Finnic, the
Permic and the
Sámi languages, and he is particularly interested in the areas of
language documentation and
language contact of small and highly endangered varieties. == Publications (selected) ==