What makes us unique

GRAIL researchers are amongst the earliest scholars in the fields of AI policy and AI ethics, dating back to the 2000s. While several excellent university-affiliated or academic think tanks related to AI exist, many of the most prominent such organizations focus primarily on computer science/technical research, or on strategic international dimensions of AI, such as international competition.

• At GRAIL, we have special expertise in social and domestic policy dimensions of AI, such as the role of AI in education, criminal justice, misinformation, and the future of work. We are fortunate to have fostered some of the first research in public policy, public administration, and political science applying rigorous theoretical and methodological approaches to study AI, published in leading journals of these and other fields.
• We bring a strong interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral lens, with experts in political science, policy, business, design, computer science, criminology, education, law, human-computer interaction, and more. We work closely with individuals and organizations in civil society, media, industry, and government.
• Mentorship, collaboration, and community are the heart of what we do, and our undergraduate and graduate students take on major roles as leaders. While we seek to positively impact policy and practice, GRAIL is at heart a "lab."
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Hosted at Purdue University

GRAIL is hosted in the Department of Political Science in Purdue University's College of Liberal Arts. We are affiliated with the CL@I Initiative and with Purdue's Institute for Physical AI (IPAI).