Since 1995 Zofia has been working at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. She is a full professor in the Energy and Industry group. Until the academic year 2017/2018 she was the director of the SEPAM (Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management) Master Programme at TPM.

Her research concentrates on a wide range of problems in the way complex socio-technical systems are functioning today and can be (re-)shaped for the sustainable future.