Connecting the Dots: Cultivating a Sustainable Interdisciplinary Discourse Around Migration, Urbanisation, and Health in Southern Africa

Abstract

IntroductionMigration and urbanisation attract much interest globally, reflecting growing concerns associated with the management of urban growth (UN-Habitat 2016) and, increasingly, around the ways in which these social and demographic processes are associated with health and wellbeing (Galea and Vladhov 2005;Grant et al. 2017;Nauman et al. 2016).Recognising that there are complex -but poorly understoodlinkages between migration, urbanisation and health globally, the key elements of an emerging research agenda have recently begun to be mapped out (Grant et al. 2017; IOM 2016;Hanefeld et al. 2017).However -with few notable exceptions (Oni et al. 2016) -these agendas tend to focus on ways in which migration or urbanisation is associated with health, and are insufficiently Africa-oriented.In an attempt to contribute to addressing this gap, we use this chapter to reflect on our experiences in supporting early-career scholars to further the research agenda associated with migration, urbanisation and health in Southern African Development Community (SADC).

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