Alain Renk is Co-founder of the Open Urbanism Foundation. He is an architect and urban planner, co-author of the principles of open urbanism, author of the book “Building the Complex City?” and Research Director at the Foundation’s Lab.

A pioneer of open-source civic tech for participatory urbanism through Unlimited Cities and Urban Dash, he acts as Coordinator of the European multinational research project Multigination. He is also co-founder of the Swiss umbrella organisation for participation, Director of the Foundation’s studio for operational projects, and an associate partner of UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign.

He won the favourite European Participation Award 2025 for the Libellule Vernier project.