In this final chapter, we reflect on the contributions in this volume and draw upon evolving practices and conceptualisations in migration research to examine the meaning of a community-oriented researcher in the context of qualitative research. A researcher’s identity is neither prescribed nor predetermined. However, the symbolic and social power of institutionally embedded and epistemologically privileged individuals shapes the dynamics of interactions and relations with the communities they work with. It has become clear that there is no fixed state of “being a researcher”; rather, the research journey itself is an ontological inquiry and reflexive process for those conducting research and building relationships with culturally and linguistically diverse communities through or because of their research. In this sense, a community-oriented researcher, who is not simply trying to define their position either within or outside the field, should be considered as having both the privilege and duty to co-define and co-construct the meaning of community. In doing so, they can extend the purpose of qualitative research, which is inherently an inquiry into human life, to advocating for the welfare and justice of members of the communities with which they work.