Polygon Research Infrastructures — Stakeholder mapping, expert consensus & complex systems modelling for global commons governance research

Polygon Research Infrastructures (Montreal, Canada) is a private research infrastructure company specializing in digital environments for social and political sciences research. We partner with academic consortia as an operational and methodological partner, from study design through to results dissemination.

This call requires a comprehensive mapping of actors' motivations across state, corporate and civil society levels — and a multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary systemic perspective. Polygon's tools are designed precisely for this type of complex, multi-stakeholder research:

Stakeholder perspective mapping — our Concept Mapping (CM) tool collects, clusters and synthesizes perceptions from large, heterogeneous groups of stakeholders — applicable to mapping diverging positions among diplomatic, scientific and civil society actors across the three thematic areas (climate, biodiversity, spaces beyond national jurisdiction).

Expert consensus across diverging positions — our AI-enhanced Delphi (DLP) facilitates structured, iterative consultation with international experts, generating transparent documentation of consensus areas, diverging positions, and the arguments underlying them. This is directly applicable to the call's science-policy interface strengthening objective.

Systems dynamics modelling — our Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM) and Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) tools allow consortia to model causal relationships between governance actors, pressures and outcomes, and to simulate the impact of different intervention scenarios. CLD can be scoped independently for consortia focused on structural comprehension of governance systems, while FCM adds scenario simulation capacity.

We have applied these tools in complex systems contexts including urban governance dynamics (INTERACT-Gentrification) and community systems modeling (Enrayage Living Lab).

We are seeking to join an existing consortium or one in formation, contributing as the methodological partner for stakeholder consultation and systemic analysis — particularly relevant for thematic areas A (climate) and B (biodiversity).