A Commander in the Royal Netherlands Navy and licensed psychologist, she has worked in more than 30 (post-)conflict settings across Central and South Asia, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and the Russian Federation. Van Peski holds advanced degrees in psychology, civil-military interaction, and border security, and has collaborated with NATO, the UN, the EU, OSCE, and DCAF. She served as the Netherlands’ UN Special Representative at the 65th General Assembly on Women, Peace, and Security, and currently works on the basis of secondment by the Royal Netherlands Navy as a UN Security Sector Reform Expert (UN PBPSO/SSRU/SSuRGe Team). She is a Fellow at the Baker Institute for Peace & Conflict Studies, University of Bergen SAMPOL Institute Associate, a Member-Select of the UN Senior Women Talent Pipeline, and a member of the Board of Excellencies of the Oxford Diplomatic Society. Her work focuses on building resilient and inclusive societies through leadership in conflict transformation, elections, and international security policy.

Peski, C.J. van (2025). ‘Wounded Healer’-Symptoms in Professionals Deployed in the Context of International Crisis Response. In: Emotions, Ethics and Mass Atrocities: Perspectives from researchers, teachers and practitioners. 10 January 2025, p. 00-00. Brill Publishers: Leiden (The Netherlands)

Peski, C.J. van (2025). Waar de vrede woont. Europa 80 jaar later (Where Peace Resides. Europe Eighty Years Later’. In: AdRem Remonstrants Maandblad, Volume 36, No. 6, p. 10-13 (September 2025)

Peski, C.J. van (2022). Trans-European Effects of the War in Ukraine. In: Juniata Voices (Juniata College), Huntingdon (PA), U.S., p. 91-98 (2 October 2022).

Peski, C.J. van (2018). Where different Streams with different Sources mingle in One Sea: Maritime Security in The Black Sea Region (A Paper offering European Counter-Balance in the Aftermath of the NATO Summit 2018). Helmut-Schmidt-University, University of the Deutsche Bundeswehr, Interdisciplinary Research Network Maritime Security (iFMS), Hamburg, Germany (4 September 2018).

Peski, C.J. van (2014). United Nations Peacebuilding; constructing an Architecture of Peace. In: VN Forum, Volume 20, No. 2 (April).

Peski, C.J. van (2014). One-hundred Years of Peace and Justice at Peace Palace The Hague. In: VN Forum, Volume 20, No. 2 (April).

Peski, C.J. van (2013). Good Cop, Bad Cop. Georgia’s One Hundred Days of a New Democratic Dream. In: Security and Human Rights (former Helsinki Monitor). Netherlands Helsinki Committee. Volume 23, No. 1, p. 49-100 (July 2013)

Peski, C.J. van (2012). International Education and Global Citizenship. In: Participation, Facilitation, and Mediation. Children and Young People in Their Social Contexts. Routledge Research in Education. Ed: C. Baraldi & V. Iervese, p. 219-237. ISBN-13: 978-0415893145 / ISBN-10: 0415893143

Peski, C.J. (2012). Diplomacy and Life on Georgia’s Boundary Line. In: Security and Human Rights (former Helsinki Monitor). Netherlands Helsinki Committee. Volume 22, No. 11, p. 357-372 (December 2011)

Peski, C.J. van (2011). International Election Observation and Democratisation. In: International Election Observation and the Assessment of Elections, Chapter 7, p. 115-135. Statistics Netherlands & Maastricht University. ISBN: 978-90-357-1782-4

Peski, C.J. van, & Schmeets, H. (2011). The ‘C-factor’: impact of the nationality of observers on observing elections. In: International Election Observation and Assessment of Elections, Chapter 9, p. 167-185. Statistics Netherlands & Maastricht University. ISBN: 978-90-357-1782-4

Peski, C.J. van (2010). VN-Resolutie 1325. Bescherming van Vrouwen in Situaties van Oorlog en Geweld. (UNSCR1325. Protection of Women in Situations of Conflict and Violence). In: AdRem Remonstrants Maandblad, Volume 21, No. 6 (August 2010)

Peski, C.J. et al (2010). Afghanistan. Naar een begin van vrede in een onbegonnen oorlog. IKV Pax Christi (July 2010). (Afghanistan; A beginning for peace in an impossible war).

Peski, C.J. van (2010). Gelijkheidswalhalla. In: Tijdschrift Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek, Volume 2010-5 (May 2010), p. 09-10. Equity Walhalla, Journal of the Institute for Public and Politics.

Peski, C.J. van (2009). 2009 Internationaal VN-Jaar van de Verzoening: Van Verzoening naar Vrede. In: VN Forum, Volume 2009, No. 4 (December 2009), p. 47-54. 2009 International UN Year of Reconciliation: From Reconciliation to Peace, United Nations Forum.

Peski, C.J. van (2005). Vernieuwingen in het bekostigingssysteem voor school en schoolbegeleidingsdienst. In: Talent, Tijdschrift over Hoogbegaafdheid, Volume 6, No. 3 (April), pp. 19-22. New financing systems in educational consultancy, Journal on Highly Giftedness.

Peski, C.J. van (2005). Willen weten om te adviseren. In: De Psycholoog, Maandblad Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen. Volume 40, No. 2 (February), p. 83-84. Action-oriented models for the diagnosis of learning difficulties, Journal of Dutch Psychological Association.

Peski, C.J. van (2005). Onderwijs in Scandinavië. Egalitaire onderwijssystemen; hetzelfde behandelen of gelijke mogelijkheden bieden? In: Talent, Tijdschrift over Hoogbegaafdheid, Volume 7, No. 2 (March), p. 09-11. Onderwijs in Scandinavië. Egalitaire Onderwijssystemen; hetzelfde behandelen of gelijke mogelijkheden bieden? (Egalitarian educational systems in Scandinavia), Journal on Highly Giftedness.

Peski, C.J. van & Zundert, A. van (2004). Mundial-Novib in de Klas: hoe groot is jouw wereld? In: Jeugd in School en Wereld (JSW), Maandblad voor het basisonderwijs, speciaal onderwijs en opleiding, Volume 88, No. 9 (May), p. 32-35. Global Awareness Education, Journal for Teachers and Educators.

Peski, C.J. van (2004). Gedompeld in cultuur. Diagnostiek bij allochtone leerlingen in het onderwijs. In: De Psycholoog, Volume 39, No. 4 (April), p. 218-220. Diagnostic assessment of immigrant children. Journal of Dutch Psychological Association.

Peski, C.J. van (2002). Meervoudige Intelligentie. Intelligentie als persoonlijke vingerafdruk. In: Talent, Tijdschrift over Hoogbegaafdheid, Volume 4, No. 2 (March), p. 27-28. Multiple Intelligence as a personal competence profile, Journal on Highly Giftedness.

Lansu, T. & Peski, C.J. van (2001). Meervoudige Intelligentie en samenwerkend leren. Onderwijs toegesneden op de veelzijdigheid van leerlingen. In: Jeugd in School en Wereld (JSW), Maandblad voor het basisonderwijs, speciaal onderwijs en opleiding, Volume 85, No. 9 (February), p. 16-19. Meervoudige Intelligentie en Samenwerkend Leren; Onderwijs toegesneden op de veelzijdigheid van Leerlingen. (Multiple Intelligence & Cooperative Learning), Journal for Teachers and Educators.