Designing Conflict Management System Around the Globe

TRENDS Global promotes peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and psychosocial health. Through community dialogues and collaborative initiatives, we facilitate local solutions to local challenges, fostering sustainable peace and development.

Our Trusted Partners

Who We Are

Research. Design. Dialogue.

TRENDS Global is a non-profit organization working at the intersection of research, design, and community action. We partner with international agencies and local leaders to design conflict management systems that reflect the realities of each society.

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“Our fieldwork proves that sustainable peace begins at the local level.“

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Why Communities Trust Us

Guided by values.
Driven by impact

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    Locally Driven Approach

  • Projects built with communities, not for them.

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    Evidence-Based Solutions

  • Evidence-Based Solutions

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    Global Expertise, Local Focus

  • Experience across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

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Our Core Areas

Building Systems That
Sustain Peace

Research & Analysis Dynamic Field

Evidence-based insights drive our peacebuilding strategies and interventions.

Solution Labs

Collaborative spaces where innovation meets local wisdom to develop practical solutions.

Capacity Building

Equipping communities and leaders with skills through simulations, workshops, and curriculum design.

Program Evaluation

Measuring the effectiveness, efficiency, and long-term impact of peacebuilding initiatives.

Liberia — Hope for a

In post-war Liberia, the HOPE Program strengthened community resilience and helped individuals overcome trauma. Through locally designed dialogue sessions, people found common ground, built hope, and began creating a shared vision for a better future.

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“From Liberia to Afghanistan, our work reflects one vision — peace through collaboration.”

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Funded by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

Our Adaptive Peacebuilding Project in Afghanistan brought communities together to resolve local conflicts through open dialogue. The initiative created safe spaces for discussion, allowing participants to share grievances and collaboratively develop reconciliation roadmaps.

Voices of Change

The impact of peace begins with
those who experience it

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Lauren M.

"TRENDS Global helped us see what the world can be. Volker and his team came to Ghana and shared their wisdom with our people and helped us move forward."

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Sarah K.

"TRENDS Global helped us see what the world can be. Volker and his team came to Ghana and shared their wisdom with our people and helped us move forward."

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Michael L.

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People Behind TRENDS Globals

Dedicated to peace, research,
and community impact

Janet Therrien
Janet Therrien

Program Associate

Graham Gintz, MBA, MS

Strategy & Operations

Michael Ashkenazi, PhD

Research Associate

Isaac Andakian, PhD
Isaac Andakian, PhD

Law & Human Rights

Janet Therrien
Janet Therrien

Program Associate

Linda Bishai, PhD
Linda Bishai, PhD

Evaluation Lead

Anne Chance, PhD
Anne Chance, PhD

Solution Labs

Volker Franke, PhD
Volker Franke, PhD

Executive Director

Join Us in Building Peace

Partner with TRENDS Global to co-create programs that promote peace and resilience. Whether you’re a policymaker, researcher, or community leader — your collaboration can create change.