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Become the lead researcher of your industry

Choose the market, industry or category you know better than others. GolOps provides data and research infrastructure — you publish studies under your own name and build your own expert position.

Your name. Your studies. Your audience. And a share in the projects that come through your work.

Forming the first GolOps Research cohortApplications for lead researchers are open. The fastest start is where studies already exist.
areas to research130
categories with ready studies7
AI systems measured7

Which one is yours?

You bring expertise. GolOps provides the infrastructure.

GolOps does not hire you to write studies for the platform. You build your own professional capital on shared research infrastructure.

From you

Knowledge of an industry, market or technology: who buys, how suppliers are chosen, where a marketing claim departs from the facts.

From GolOps
  • ARE methodology
  • Choice scenarios and buyer journeys
  • Measurements across AI systems
  • Market and competitor data
  • A portal page for the study and links between studies

All studies are built within Algorithmic Representation Engineering (ARE) — the discipline of how algorithmic systems form the representation and choice of companies, products and technologies. The methods themselves are developed by GolOps Lab. About the methodology

You build an asset under your own name

  1. 01

    Authorship

    Your name stays on the studies, categories and markets you develop.

  2. 02

    Position in the industry

    Your signature on the page shows not claimed expertise but published studies and the date of your latest contribution.

  3. 03

    Access to companies

    A study becomes an entry point: companies ask its author for a diagnostic of their position, market or competitors.

  4. 04

    A share in projects

    If a project came through your work, the system records the source, and you take part in its economics.

  5. 05

    Reputation that accumulates

    Studies, updates and projects add up to your level inside GolOps Research.

Your status grows with your contribution

Start with one study. Develop a category. Lead a whole direction.

  1. 01Study authorOne study: category × market × buyerSignature on the study · company requests for its market
  2. 02Lead category researcherSeveral studies in one categorySignature on the category page · requests across the category · the category's research agenda
  3. 03Direction leadCategories and studies of a whole industrySignature on the industry page · requests across the direction · coordinating its researchers

Different expertise is needed here

You don't have to be a researcher by profession. If you understand a market, a technology or buyer behaviour in depth, that may be enough for a first study.

Industry analyst

You understand the market, its players and the economics of choice.

Engineer or technologist

You can tell a technical fact from a nice marketing phrase.

International markets expert

You know how suppliers and technologies are really chosen in a specific country.

Scientist or researcher

You turn data into verifiable conclusions.

Map of research territories

Choose the area where you want to become the lead researcher

Find the industry or category where your expertise is strongest. Open areas have no lead researcher yet.

You can lead first. You keep the lead only through work.Status cannot be bought: it is confirmed by publications, study updates and taking part in verifying results.

Amount — annual global market size of the category, 2025, range of open-source estimates

Nuclear power12 categories
Direction lead · position open
  • Studies:
IT and software14 categories
Direction lead · position open
  • Studies:
Energy and LNG12 categories
Direction lead · position open
  • Studies:
Grain and agri-export12 categories
Direction lead · position open
  • Studies:
Metals and steel12 categories
Direction lead · position open
  • Studies:
Fertilisers and agrochemicals13 categories
Direction lead · position open
  • Studies:
Petrochemicals14 categories
Direction lead · position open
  • Studies:
Defence industry and technology12 categories · not measured yet
Direction lead · position open

What trust in the studies rests on

  1. 01Any conclusion can be checkedEvery conclusion rests on a source, the methodology and a measurement, and is open to reasoned dispute.
  2. 02Measurement does not bend to the authorA strong researcher gets more requests, but not the right to change a measurement result.
  3. 03Conflicts of interest are disclosedTies to industry companies are stated in the application, so a reader knows who wrote the conclusions.

Questions

Do I need to leave my job?

No. You develop a direction in your own professional field and set the pace yourself. Measurement depth follows the study's priority in the GolOps portfolio.

Who owns the study?

Authorship stays with you. The study is published under your name and can become part of your professional portfolio. GolOps keeps the research infrastructure, the measurements and the links between studies.

How is the commercial result shared?

Every request keeps its source: the direction, category and study the company came through. If a commercial project arises, the author's participation is set in advance — before work with the client begins.

Can I join a direction that already has a researcher?

Yes. One direction brings together several authors and categories: you can join as a co-author or as the author of your own study inside it.

Can I leave?

Yes, at any time. Published studies stay in your portfolio.

Who approves the application?

The GolOps Research team. We look at practical expertise, the ability to work with sources, ties to industry companies and the area you want to start with. An academic degree is not required.

Make your expertise visible

Start with the area you know better than others

Choose an industry, category or market and describe the study you would start with.

Applications are reviewed by the GolOps Research team.