Besides working at Utrecht University, Van der Starre is a freelance literary scholar. Please click here for more information.

In 2015 and 2016 she was a member of the 'Stuurgroep orale poëzie' of Literatuur Vlaanderen (at the time Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren). In 2015 she was on the jury of the Hugues C. Pernath Prize. In 2019 she was a jury member of the C. Buddingh' Prize and the Charlotte Köhler Stipendium. In 2020 she was on the jury of De Grote Poëzieprijs (formerly VSB Poëzieprijs) and in 2021 of the AMAI Award for Instagram Poetry. In 2023, she was asked to chair the jury of the P.C. Hooftprijs 2024. Between 2019 and 2023 she was a member of the 'Literaire manifestaties en activiteiten' committee of Nederlands Letterenfonds. Between 2021 and 2023 she served on the Supervisory Board of the De Zoek naar Schittering Foundation. She has been an editorial member of De Reactor since 2019.