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EROFEEVA Mariia
Post-doctorante
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Adresse visiteur Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains Adresse courrier Université libre de Bruxelles |
Project in progress
ARC avancé “Affects et fictions digitales” (led by prof. David Berliner and Thomas Berns)
Maria (Mariia) Erofeeva is a social scientist interested in how technologies mediate human action with expertise in the fields of video-mediated communication, science and technology studies, and human-computer interaction. Her current focus is on virtual reality (VR) technologies. In 2018, she founded the Virtual Reality Laboratory in Moscow, Russia, one of the only interactional laboratories of its kind in the world at the time (now closed). At the moment she is doing postdoctoral research at the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She is currently focusing on the phenomenology of social VR experience, virtual embodiment, and immersive and accessible learning in VR. She has experience working in multidisciplinary teams and with businesses on topics related to cutting-edge technologies, including VR and AI.
Recent publications
Erofeeva, M., Klowait, N., Belov, M., & Soulié, Y. (2026). Leveraging VR tools for inclusive education: Implications from sign language learning in VRChat. In Communications in Computer and Information Science (pp. 147–164). Springer Nature Switzerland.
Erofeeva, M. (2025). Why does social virtual reality feel so real? A phenomenological study of spatiality, embodiment, and continuity between digital and physical realities. Human Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-025-09796-z
Berliner, D., & Erofeeva, M. (2025). Becoming otter: Avatars and the crafting of the self in social virtual reality. Journal of Material Culture, 30(4), 414–438. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591835251377583