Jona Bauer is a seventh-semester architecture student at the University of Innsbruck. He currently works as a tutor for the Institute of Architectural Theory, providing support for a design course. Before his studies, Jona completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter and gained additional professional experience in the field of solid wood construction. In the 2023/24 academic year, he wrote his bachelor’s thesis at the Institute of Architectural Theory on participation in architecture, with a focus on critically examining the power dynamics that arise in participatory processes.