Scholarly work results in descriptions, comparisons, concepts, theories, or policy proposals. Finally, you will find experiential information. Experiential information involves individual or group reflection upon surprises, problems or policy issues to develop deeper understanding. It results in information rooted in personal experience, perspective and judgment. Next, narrow your question.
Conflict resolution has a thirty to fifty year intellectual history.
Scholars have studied peace and conflict for hundreds of years. Information and research comes from more than ten academic and applied disciplines. If you do not narrow your question, you will find far too many citations and they will be overviews or surface treatments. If you e-mail listservs or call an expert with a broad question you will either not receive an answer or you will irritate people. One way to narrow your question is to look at what has already been done on your question.