In space of Vienna’s 5th district (Margareten) bachelor students at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space of Vienna University of Technology investigated how different cultural groups negotiate their identities and sense of place in the contemporary city, as well as how knowledge is generated from everyday experience in public space. The multidisciplinary, international group engaged in participatory action research to explore points of cross-cultural contact and exchange, with the aim of contributing to the debate on participatory, integrative and inclusive planning for diverse urban societies. (…)