Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Data analytics for business applications
  • Social media analytics
  • Machine learning and AI

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

About Maria Prokofieva

Dr Maria Prokofieva is a senior lecturer at Victoria University Business School. She has also held academic positions at La Trobe University and Monash University, Australia.

She has a Bachelor in IT and Graduate Certificate in Accounting and her PhD is in the area of Business Information Systems (Russia).

With background in IT and Business. Maria is a quantitative researcher. Her areas of interest are:

  • data analytics
  • social media analytics
  • business intelligence and machine learning.

She is also interested in investigating in business application of data analytics and machine learning/AI.

Her outstanding work has appeared in top-tier outlets of the field, such as:

  • Journal of the Association for Information Systems
  • Journal of Information Systems
  • Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
  • Issues in Accounting Education.

Maria is passionate about using R/Python in academic research and everyday life. 

She is a member of:

  • Women Who Code
  • R Ladies Melbourne
  • Melbourne Users of R Network (MelbURN)
  • Melbourne Women in Machine Learning
  • Data Science and Data Science Melbourne.

She is also a Women in Data Science (WiDS) Ambassador.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (IT), Russia
  • Bachelor (Education), Russia
  • Master (IT), Russia
  • PhD (IS/Business), Russia
  • GradCert (Accounting), La Trobe, Australia

Key publications

Year Citation
2022 Ghahramani, A., de, Courten., & Prokofieva, M. (221201). The potential of social media in health promotion beyond creating awareness: an integrative review . BMC Public Health, 22(1),

doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14885-0

2022 Stavropoulos, V., Footitt, T., Zarate, D., Prokofieva, M., & Griffiths, M. D. (221201). The Online Flow Questionnaire: An Item Response Theory Examination. Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking, 25(12), (793-801).

doi: 10.1089/cyber.2022.0031

2022 Stavropoulos, V., Monger, K., Zarate, D., Prokofieva, M., & Schivinski, B. (221201). Online Gambling Disorder Questionnaire (OGD-Q): An item r esponse theory examination. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 16

doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100449

2022 Zarate, D., Ball, M., Montag, C., Prokofieva, M., & Stavropoulos, V. (220601). Unravelling the web of addictions: A network analysis approach. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 15

doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100406

2022 Alharasis, E. E., Prokofieva, M., & Clark, C. (220101). The moderating impact of auditor industry specialisation on the relationship between fair value disclosure and audit fees: empirical evidence from Jordan. Asian Review of Accounting,

doi: 10.1108/ARA-03-2022-0050

2022 Prokofieva, M. (220101). Integrating data analytics in teaching audit with machine learning and artificial intelligence. Education and Information Technologies,

doi: 10.1007/s10639-022-11474-x

2022 Alharasis, E. E., Prokofieva, M., & Clark, C. (220101). FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT FEES: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IN JORDAN. Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance, 18(1),

doi: 10.21315/aamjaf2022.18.1.7

2022 Dowd, B., Hein, K., Diez, S. L., Prokofieva, M., Kannis-Dymand, L., & Stavropoulos, V. (220101). Cross-Addiction Risk Profile Associations with COVID-19 Anxiety: a Preliminary Exploratory Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction,

doi: 10.1007/s11469-022-00862-6

2022 Zarate, D., Fullwood, L., Prokofieva, M., Griffiths, M. D., & Stavropoulos, V. (220101). Problematic Shopping Behavior: An Item Response Theory Examination of the Seven-Item Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction,

doi: 10.1007/s11469-022-00844-8

2022 Gomez, R., Brown, T., Gill, P., Prokofieva, M., & Stavropoulos, V. (220101). Using Online Gambling Disorder Questionnaire (OGD-Q) with Adults: Factor Structure, Reliability, External Validity, and Measurement Invariance Across Age and Gender. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction,

doi: 10.1007/s11469-022-00833-x

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

Impact of student cultural background on NAPLAN performance
From: Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Ltd
Other investigators: Dr Shuyan Huo, Mr Andrew Wade, Dr Melissa Tham
For period: 2022-2023
Not disclosed

Data Analytics in External Auditing
From: CPA Australia
For period: 2020-2020
$54,545

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

Currently supervised research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
2 PhD Integrated Principal supervisor
1 Master of Research Associate supervisor

Currently supervised research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD Integrated (2) Principal supervisor
Master of Research (1) Associate supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
3 PhD Associate supervisor
1 Doctor of Business Administration Associate supervisor
1 PhD Integrated Associate supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (3) Associate supervisor
Doctor of Business Administration (1) Associate supervisor
PhD Integrated (1) Associate supervisor

Careers

Details of this Researcher's career are currently unavailable.