Comparing Systemic Approaches to SDG Localization in Institutional and Territorial Contexts

Abstract

This article compares two systemic approaches to SDG localization in institutional and territorial contexts: a Knowledge Graph-based platform for collaborative sustainability governance and a Dynamic Performance Governance (DPG) analysis of the Monti Sicani inner area. Building on doctoral research, the paper combines Business Intelligence, System Dynamics, and DPG to explore how collaborative tools can support policy co-design, identify feedback structures, and activate regenerative leverage points in complex socio-ecological systems. The first case shows how semantic technologies and link prediction can make latent stakeholder connections visible and support anticipatory collaboration. The second case illustrates how DPG can be used to interpret territorial decline and to distinguish between vicious cycles and virtuous dynamics in marginal areas. Overall, the article argues that SDG localization requires context-sensitive, participatory, and dynamic governance instruments capable of bridging data-driven analysis and place-based action.