Hadija Haruna-Oelker is a political scientist, editor, moderator, and author. She mainly works for Hessischer Rundfunk, is a columnist for the Frankfurter Rundschau, and together with Max Czollek hosts the memory podcast Trauer & Turnschuh. Her nonfiction book, Die Schönheit der Differenz. Miteinander anders denken [The beauty of difference. Thinking differently together, 2022], has been nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. In October 2024, her book Zusammensein. Plädoyer für eine Gesellschaft der Gegenseitigkeit [Being together. Pleading for a reciprocal society] will be published. Hadija Haruna-Oelker lives and works in Frankfurt am Main.