The search for a substitute for our working title Support Refugees for the AStA-Initiative for connecting and supporting students, refugees and social art projects at UdK finally has come to an end. COMMON GROUND will from now on be the name of our project. It has long been our wish to find a title that reinforces our understanding of a platform that goes beyond a one-sided helping structure. We want to establish a platform that enables the mutual exchange of knowledge and experiences in the university context between students and refugees. We want to promote encounters on equal terms and commmit ourselves to create room and time for this endeavour, to make a lasting impact on society.