Inger is a freelance writer and researcher with a MSc in Public Policy and Human Development from the UNU-Merit and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. She graduated from the American University in Cairo and the University of Bergen with a BA in Arabic studies in 2008 and has worked with the Norwegian embassy in Cairo and as a researcher on youth policy for an NGO in Brussels. She is currently a fellow with the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany.