Research Associate Marianne Halblaub Miranda, Humboldt Fellow Maria Ustinova (World Bank) and Prof. Martin Knöll presented their work on co-design of active schools at the International Symposium »Education and City: partnership for success«. Thank you to Dr Igor Shiyan and his team from the Laboratory of Child Development at Mosow City University for inviting us and to the Humboldt Foundation for their kind support.