Sergeja is Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Queensland (UQ) Business School, researching performance measurement’s effect on employee behaviour, and cybersecurity governance and risk management. Her work is published in top academic journals. She is a passionate educator and a recipient of 2022 Teaching Excellence Award at the Business, Economics and Law Faculty of UQ, and the 2023 University of Queensland Citation for Outstanding Student Learning, enhancing students’ employability.

She serves as member of the Education Committee of the Institute of Internal Auditors Australia and has held various non-executive director roles. She has trained over 1,000 C-suite managers in accounting, finance and cybersecurity risk management. Prior to joining UQ in 2018, she was a Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.