Additionally, her work includes the development of AI-powered user-system interaction tools, such as recommender systems and chatbots/virtual assistants, aimed at improving user experiences and decision-making. Her research explores the intersection of technology, society, and policy, addressing the challenges and opportunities of AI and other innovations. By examining the social dynamics of complex sociotechnical systems, her work aims to enhance their resilience, sustainability, and inclusivity.

She is also part of European Open Science Cloud Task Force “FAIR Metrics and Digital Objects”, and part of Scientific & Technical Advisory Board of Switch Connectome. She serves as a program committee for several international conferences (20+), part of an organizing committee (5+), and invited reviewer for 15+ high-quality (Q1-Q2) journals. She is an Editorial Board Member and an Associate Editor for several journals (e.g., International Journal of Information Management (IJIM), Government Information Quarterly, IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, BMC Research Notes (Springer Nature), eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM), Data & Policy (Cambridge Press)), and track chair for (IFIP) EGOV-CEDEM-EPART (Emerging Issues and Innovations Track), International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o) (Sustainable Public and Open Data Ecosystems Track), HICSS2026 (Sustainable and trustworthy digital and data ecosystems for societal transformation), and ECAI2025 workshop (Green-Aware Artificial Intelligence (Green-Aware AI)), CBI-EDOC 2025 workshop (Enterprise Architecture for Augmented Intelligence), IJCAI2025 and PRICAI2025 workshop (Democracy and AI), and special track with ICA2025 (International Conference on Agentic AI) AI in e-Government & Public Administration). She is an associate member of the Latvian Open Technology Association, as well as an EDSC ambassador (European Digital Skills Certificate, as part of Action 9 of the Digital Education Action Plan (2021- 2027) – JRC/SVQ/2022/OP/0013), member of International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 8.5 (IFIP WG8.5 on ICT and Public Administration), part of Digital Government Society Committee, including Digital Government Society Chapter on Governing Smart Sustainable Cities (DGS GSSC), as well as Women in AI.

Her previous experience includes the role of a visiting researcher at Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, visiting lecturer at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (Department for Technical & Business Information Systems), an assistant professor at the Faculty of Computing and researcher in the Innovation Laboratory of University of Latvia, and IT-expert at the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, BBMRI-ERIC Latvian National Node, where she was involved in ERDF and Horizon 2020 projects with a focus on data management and software engineering. She also has worked on preparing and submitting research proposals at both national, regional and international levels (ERDF, Erasmus+, Horizon 2020, CHANSE, COST, and national funding programs). She also acted as an advisor for the Institute for Social and Political Studies (University of Latvia). In the period of 2021-2024(5) she also served as expert of the Latvian Council of Sciences in three areas – Engineering and Technology-Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and Social Sciences – Economics and Business, and she was part of European Open Science Cloud Task Force “FAIR Metrics and Data quality” (2021-2024).

For her research, public activity and other achievements, the LATA (Latvian Open Technologies Association) has recognized her as a person of the year and has awarded her for promotion of open data and open technologies. In 2019 she was nominated to WDS Data Stewardship Award as one of the most exceptional contributors of early career researchers. In 2023, 2024 and 2025, she was listed in the Stanford University’s database of top 2% scientists in Artificial Intelligence sub-field, while in 2024 and 2025, ScholarGPS that recognizes “Top Scholars for their outstanding performance in various Fields, Disciplines, and Specialties”, included Anastasija in the top 0.31% of all scholars worldwide (0.05% in Government specialty (prior 5 years)).