[4] After 2012, and until 2015, she collaborated as expert with the Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (or UEFISCDI for short).

On 3 October 2022, following the resignation of Sorin Cîmpeanu, Deca was sworn in as Minister of Education, being proposed and supported in this position by the National Liberal Party (PNL).

Since 2023, she has also been a member of the United Nations High-level Panel on the Teaching Profession, co-chaired by Kersti Kaljulaid and Paula-Mae Weekes.

[7] Deca published articles in specialized journals together with Adrian Curaj, Remus Pricopie, or Alina Mungiu-Pippidi.

In 2018, she was co-editor of the volume European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies, Springer (ISBN 978-3319774084), together with Curaj and Pricopie.