Cristiana Voinov
PhD candidate at USN
Cristiana Voinov is a doctoral fellow (University of South Eastern Norway) and researcher for the I-Merse research group (USN), as well as the EU funded XR4Human project. Her work concerns the intersection of immersive technologies, industry practice, and ethics. She has a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Oslo’s Center for Development and the Environment (SUM), where she studied environmental ethics through the lens of philosophical pragmatism, and a bachelor specializing in bioethics from the University of Toronto. Cristiana is also the founder and director of the Oslo-based community theatre organization, Teater Neuf International.
Tell us about your project!
Once considered relatively obscure, extended reality technology (XR) - an umbrella term encompassing augmented, virtual and mixed reality technology - is growing increasingly ubiquitous. Industry has an outsized and profound effect on the design, development, and proliferation of these technologies. My project comprehensively identifies the risks and harms posed by XR. It then identifies the systems, logics, or theories of value which orient industry practices towards mitigating or managing these risks and harms, if any. That is, what sort of ethic is practiced and disseminated between XR industry personale?
“ My project comprehensively identifies the risks and harms posed by XR ”
— Cristiana Voinov on her PhD project “The Ethics of Extended Reality Technologies – exploring the links between theory, practice, and novel technologies”