Malene Friis Hansen

Malene Friis Hansen

@mfhansen.bsky.social

I am researcher, a mother and a monkey advocate. I move between and within the fields of Biology and Anthropology and combine fundamental scientific research with practical conservation action

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UCPH Behavioural Ecology Group
@behaveco.bsky.social

🐒 Do humans and wild macaques co-create culture? While human expansion often disrupts wildlife, a new study shows shared spaces can actually lead to novel interspecific traditions. Explore the co-construction of behaviours introduced by @mfhansen.bsky.social #Conservation #Primatology #SciComm

behavioural-ecology-group.comHuman‑macaque Co‑construction of Behaviours: Sharing Spaces, Sharing Food, Sharing Lives | Behavioural Ecology GroupHumans and other-than-human-animals (animals) share spaces, food, and lives. This gives rise to possibilities of interspecific learning, social facilitation
Malene Friis Hansen
@mfhansen.bsky.social

Another great collaboration with @anthrofuentes.bsky.social providing a historical overview of primate culture concepts - and some expansion. Please read and share widely. @aiasdk.bsky.social @princeton.edu

anthrofuentes.bsky.social@anthrofuentes.bsky.social

Article w/ @mfhansen.bsky.social out and open access. In it we outline key historical patterns and the changes in primatology and the behavioural sciences regarding the concepts of primate culture. Interested in primatology and culture (and history)? check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

link.springer.comThe evolution of the concepts of ‘primate culture’ in Western science - PrimatesWhile most scholars across the social and biological sciences acknowledge that human culture is distinctive in the comparative context there is widespread acknowledgment that some form of culture does...

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social
@anthrofuentes.bsky.social

Article w/ @mfhansen.bsky.social out and open access. In it we outline key historical patterns and the changes in primatology and the behavioural sciences regarding the concepts of primate culture. Interested in primatology and culture (and history)? check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

link.springer.comThe evolution of the concepts of ‘primate culture’ in Western science - PrimatesWhile most scholars across the social and biological sciences acknowledge that human culture is distinctive in the comparative context there is widespread acknowledgment that some form of culture does...

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social
@anthrofuentes.bsky.social

No, absolutely no. Turn down the review invitation if you can't do it. DO NOT fake it. This is malpractice and deeply dishonest. Plus, it's not any good. "More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.comMore than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidanceA survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social
@anthrofuentes.bsky.social

Humans and other-than-human-animals (animals) share spaces, food, and lives. This gives rise to possibilities of interspecific learning, social facilitation and interspecific communication, and the potential for location- and group-specific behaviors in both groups. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

link.springer.comHuman-macaque Co-construction of Behaviours: Sharing Spaces, Sharing Food, Sharing Lives - International Journal of PrimatologyHumans and other-than-human-animals (animals) share spaces, food, and lives. This gives rise to possibilities of interspecific learning, social facilitation and interspecific communication, and the po...

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social
@anthrofuentes.bsky.social

Towards coexistence: human-animal co-construction of behaviour in shared spaces! New article from excellent ongoing project with @mfhansen.bsky.social aias.au.dk/events/show/...

aias.au.dkTowards coexistence: human-animal co-construction of behaviour in shared spacesHumans and animals have always shared spaces, food and lives, but little research sheds light on this coexistence. In a new study, AIAS Fellow, cultural biologist Malene Friis Hansen and Professor Agu...
Malene Friis Hansen
@mfhansen.bsky.social

Which animals do you co-construct behaviours with? Read our new paper and get inspired! @anthrofuentes.bsky.social Thank you to @carlsbergfondet.dk, @aiasdk.bsky.social and the John F. Templeton Foundation

Elodie Mandel-Briefer@ebriefer.bsky.social

Great new paper by @mfhansen.bsky.social and Agustin Fuentes on human-macaque co-existence link.springer.com/article/10.1...

link.springer.comHuman-macaque Co-construction of Behaviours: Sharing Spaces, Sharing Food, Sharing Lives - International Journal of PrimatologyHumans and other-than-human-animals (animals) share spaces, food, and lives. This gives rise to possibilities of interspecific learning, social facilitation and interspecific communication, and the po...

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Elodie Mandel-Briefer
@ebriefer.bsky.social

Former @behaveco.bsky.social postdoc @mfhansen.bsky.social efforts to maintain the IUCN listing of the long tailed macaque where it should be based on scientific evidence paid off 💪🏼 news.mongabay.com/2025/10/iucn...

news.mongabay.comIUCN upholds long-tailed macaques’ endangered status after complaintBANGKOK — The long-tailed macaque will remain on the Red List of the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, despite objections from the biomedical industry arguing the designation hampers r...
Malene Friis Hansen
@mfhansen.bsky.social

The conservation status of the long-tailed macaque was updated today. See here for more information and a bit about my new research project aias.au.dk/events/show/...

aias.au.dkResearch contributes to updating the IUCN Red List for the long-tailed macaqueAIAS Fellow, cultural biologist Malene Friis Hansen has studied the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) for many years. Together with an international team of primate specialists, she has contri...

Malene Friis Hansen reposted

anthrofuentes.bsky.social
@anthrofuentes.bsky.social

Congrats to three amazing scholars moving on to their next academic adventure!!! @mfhansen.bsky.social @ulisesjespinoza.bsky.social and Ellen Kladky anthropology.princeton.edu/news/three-a...

anthropology.princeton.eduThree Anthropology Postdoctoral Scholars Accept New Positions Beginning Fall 2025Malene Friis Hansen came to Princeton two and a half years ago. She came as a biologist with the goal of transitioning to anthropology. Along the way, she came to appreciate her background and discove...
Malene Friis Hansen
@mfhansen.bsky.social

In September, I start a new and exciting adventure at @aiasdk.bsky.social in collaboration with Felix Riede and Michael Eilenberg. Much gratitude to AIAS and of course to Agustin Fuentes and Princeton University

Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS)@aiasdk.bsky.social

🌍Nine AIAS-AUFF Fellows selected from all over the world. They will explore novel research projects, from ocean & climate change, hybrid warfare, neurodiverse cooperation to plastics & recycling, and will bring new perspectives and methods together in one house at AIAS🎉 aias.au.dk/events/show/...

aias.au.dkNine international researchers selected in the AIAS-AUFF Fellowship programmeOut of a record number of applications received in the second call in the AIAS-AUFF fellowship programme, nine talented researchers have been selected. From September, the fellows arrive from around t...

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