Systematic Review: Post-conflict Peacebuilding Literature and Methodological Challenges.

In recent decades, there has been increased policy attention and research interest in postconflict environments across the humanities, arts, and social science disciplines. Our article aims to provide a methodological procedure that offers a nuanced understanding of recent peacebuilding scholarships and methodological challenges from a transdisciplinary perspective. The findings of our literature review indicate that the relationship between post-conflict peacebuilding interventions and the resulting liberal/hybrid peace is complex and intricate. This review highlights the significance of locally-engrained indigenous peace in this context of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, which is the focus of the study. We conclude that in depth research and analysis are necessary to explore the underlying causes of local indigenous hostility and the potential for locally-engrained endogenous peace, which involves a reasoned approach to governing specific communities. We propose in this paper a justified and practical systematic review procedure, with necessary adaptations, along with multiple research implications. This procedure will be valuable to future researchers in humanities, social sciences, and behavioural sciences, as it encourages them to ensure a more focused and rigorous approach to the choice of literature selection for their research, providing a solid foundation for researchers to follow.