Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being developed and implemented as a First Nations‐led project. It describes a fully collaborative research approach to co‐designing, with First Nations peoples, multi‐method techniques for collecting, analysing, interpreting and disseminating research information and outcomes on their approaches to conflict and its management. The approach relies on First Nations' protocols, methodologies and knowledges, as well as research principles such as intellectual humility, cultural responsiveness and respect. The project is guided by the principles and protocols relevant to First Nations research as provided by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and protocols from the University of Newcastle. The Lead Researcher in this project is a First Nations woman, and the Project Team includes non‐First Nations researchers.