The Australian Institute of Transformation and AI is a research and advocacy organisation lifting Australia's productivity, prosperity and capability through AI adoption. This platform is its measurement arm — the longitudinal evidence base behind the Global AI Adoption Index.
Jeroen van Dalen
Founder and director of AITAI. Convenes the institute's research agenda and leads the platform.
St Catherine's College
AITAI is an initiative of St Catherine's College at The University of Western Australia — providing a campus home, academic community and fellowship network.
March 2026
Officially launched March 11, 2026 in Perth, Western Australia, with a remit covering research, policy and programs.
“Building a prosperous society for future generations through research, advocacy, and talent development in artificial intelligence.”
A future where Australia leads globally in AI-enabled transformation — supported by world-class research, ethical governance, and coordinated national action.
Rigorous, multi-source measurement of AI adoption, workforce shifts, governance practice and economic opportunity — published openly and refreshed annually.
Shaping AI policy frameworks so Australia participates — on its own terms — in the global AI economy.
LaunchLab accelerators, talent-development programs and industry partnerships preparing the workforce for an AI-enabled economy.
The AITAI Research Platform is a semi-automated pipeline that collects, extracts and analyses documents, transcripts and structured datasets to produce the Global AI Adoption Index.
Five studies run in parallel — corporate annual reports, media sentiment, labour-market signals, policy registries, and expert interviews. Every document is dual-extracted; every classification is versioned; every reading is human-validated against inter-rater reliability thresholds (Cohen's κ ≥ 0.80, Krippendorff's α ≥ 0.70).
The result is a reproducible, openly-annotated measurement system — an evidence base that can be refreshed, extended to new countries, and audited by policy-makers and researchers alike.
St Catherine's College
Perth, Western Australia