«Zusammensein. Plädoyer für eine Gesellschaft der Gegenseitigkeit»
Hadija Haruna-Oelker

Political scientist Hadija Haruna-Oelker lives and works as an author, editor, and moderator in Frankfurt am Main. She works mainly for Hessischer Rundfunk, and also hosts the Römerberg Talks in Frankfurt and the feminist press conference of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. She writes a monthly column for the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper. Together with Max Czollek, she also hosts the remembrance podcast ‘Trauer & Turnschuh’ (english: Mourning & Sneakers). Her work focuses on youth and social issues, racism and diversity research. Together with Kübra Gümüşay and Uda Strätling, she translated Amanda Gorman's ‘The Hill We Climb.’ In early 2022, her personal non-fiction book ‘Die Schönheit der Differenz – Miteinander anders denken’ (english: The Beauty of Difference – Thinking Differently Together) was published and nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. In 2024, ‘Zusammensein. Plädoyer für eine Gesellschaft der Gegenseitigkeit’ (english: Being Together: A Plea for a Society of Mutuality) was published, and in fall 2025, ‘Alles auf Anfang – Auf der Suche nach einer neuen Erinnerungskultur’ (english: Back to Square One: In Search of a New Culture of Remembrance). She is the recipient of various media awards, such as the ARD Radio Prize Kurt Magnus 2015 and the Medienspiegel Special Prize for Transparent Journalism 2021. She is also a member of the journalists’ association ‘Neue Deutsche Medienmacher*innen (NDM)’ (english: New German Media Makers) and the ‘Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (ISD)’ (english: Initiative Black People in Germany).

The Communities of Hope programme is supported by the Ernst Göhner Foundation, and the translation into DSGS is supported by the Béatrice Ederer-Weber Foundation.