Kuyambira 1992, a University of Bergen (UiB) adagwirizana ndi International Science Council (ISC) kuthana ndi umphawi monga pulogalamu yam'mbuyomu yotchedwa Comparative Research Program on Poverty. Pulogalamuyi idayang'ana kwambiri pakugwira ntchito limodzi ndi maukonde odziwa zambiri, mabungwe ndi akatswiri amaphunziro kuti alimbikitse kafukufuku ndi kusinthana kwa mfundo zokhudzana ndi umphawi.
Kumanga pa cholowa ichi, Global Research Program on Inequality (GRIP) amaphatikiza njira zosiyanasiyana zophunzirira ndi zongopeka, zaubwino komanso zochulukira, zam'deralo komanso zofananira / zapadziko lonse lapansi. GRIP idapangidwa ngati pulogalamu yamitundu yosiyanasiyana yokhala ndi nangula mu sayansi ya chikhalidwe cha anthu, GRIP imakhudza thanzi, deta, sayansi yachilengedwe ndi zina, popanga njira zopangira chidziwitso.
GRIP idakhazikitsidwa mu 2019 ngati mgwirizano pakati pa UiB ndi ISC kulimbikitsa njira zopangidwira zopangira chidziwitso kuti timvetsetse kuchuluka kwa kuchuluka kwa kusalingana. GRIP idapangidwa ndi masomphenya "Kupanga kafukufuku pa kuchuluka kwa kusalingana" ndi cholinga "Kulumikiza kafukufuku wapadziko lonse komanso wofunikira wokhudza kusalingana kuti dziko lathu lisinthidwe". Kukula kwa GRIP kumayendetsedwa ndi Board of Sponsors yawo, yomwe imatanthawuza udindo ndi dongosolo lonse la GRIP. Board of Sponsor ikuphatikiza Rector wa University of Bergen ndi Purezidenti wa International Science Council.
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