Friederike Habermann is an economist, historian, political scientist and activist, as well as a freelance writer and researcher. Her work focuses on the interweaving of power relations, global social movements and alternative forms of economy. She is the author of Halbinseln gegen den Strom (2009) and Geschichte wird gemacht. Etappen des globalen Widerstands (2014) in which she describes the alternative globalization movement according to her own experiences.