Barbara Freitag-Rouanet (born 26 November 1941, in Obernzell) is a German-born Brazilianist, sociologist, author, and academic at Universidade de Brasília.

[1] Graduated in Sociology, Psychology and Philosophy at the Universities of Frankfurt / M. and Berlin.

Was also a visiting professor at USP, UNESP, UFPR, UFBa, among others.

At UNESCO she occupied the chair entitled "City and Environment".

She coordinated an integrated research project that studied the transfer of Brazilian capitals.