Who We Work With

Cohomology Systems is built for organisations where complexity is normal, not an exception.

Typical clients

• National research institutes with large, multi-year project portfolios.
• University research offices and graduate schools managing grants and labs.
• Policy research centres and think tanks coordinating multi-stakeholder work.
• Innovation and transformation units inside large public or private organisations.

Common situations

We are usually called in when:

• Critical projects stall or repeatedly slip, despite “full” allocation of staff and budget.
• Labs and facilities report overload, yet some assets remain underutilised.
• Finance, research, and operations push conflicting priorities, all backed by valid KPIs.
• Previous reorganisations have changed reporting lines but not the lived experience of conflict.

Example outcomes

While each engagement is bespoke, typical results include:

• Reduction in lab or team overload where it matters most.
• Clear, agreed prioritisation and staffing plans that align strategy, research, operations, and finance.
• Identification and removal of structural contradictions that were forcing recurring failure.
• Earlier, cleaner decision-making for project approvals and resource commitments.

Why it pays for itself

Structural confusion is expensive:

• It wastes staff time and budget on projects that cannot succeed under current constraints.
• It pushes your best people into chronic overload and burnout.
• It delays or blocks work that actually drives your mission.

By bringing together operations research, adaptive graph intelligence, and structural coherence analysis, we aim to:

• Eliminate structurally doomed configurations.
• Re-focus resources on coherent, high-value work.
• Reduce costly churn in people and projects.

For institutions managing tens to hundreds of millions in research or innovation spend, these improvements typically dwarf the cost of the engagement.