Gerlinde Haid (born Hofer (19 April 1943 – 29 November 2012) was an Austrian folk music researcher.

From 1966 to 1976, she was a research assistant at the Institut für Volksmusikforschung [de] at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

[2] From 1975 to 1989 she was secretary general of the Österreichisches Volksliedwerk [de] and then university assistant at the Institute for Musical Folklore at the Expositur Innsbruck.

[2] From 1994 until her retirement in 2011, she was full professor of the history and theory of folk music at the Hochschule (from 1998 University) für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna.

[3] Haid was the editor of the series "Schriften zur Volksmusik", which Walter Deutsch founded in 1970 and which are among the most well-founded publications of the subject in Austria.