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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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...
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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...
On May 5–6, 2026, Maria Rentezi, Pierre du Plessis and I will organise the workshop The Politics of Traceability: How Knowledge, Artifacts, and Beings Have Been Tracked @aiasdk.bsky.social
The call for papers is open: aias.au.dk/events/works...
Please submit your abstract by January 15, 2026.
The call for papers is open: aias.au.dk/events/works...
Please submit your abstract by January 15, 2026.
December 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
On May 5–6, 2026, Maria Rentezi, Pierre du Plessis and I will organise the workshop The Politics of Traceability: How Knowledge, Artifacts, and Beings Have Been Tracked @aiasdk.bsky.social
The call for papers is open: aias.au.dk/events/works...
Please submit your abstract by January 15, 2026.
The call for papers is open: aias.au.dk/events/works...
Please submit your abstract by January 15, 2026.
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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...
Human-macaque Co-construction of Behaviours: Sharing Spaces, Sharing Food, Sharing Lives - International Journal of Primatology
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 po...
link.springer.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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...
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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/...
Towards coexistence: human-animal co-construction of behaviour in shared spaces
Humans 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...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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/...
Read more about our new research on the importance of human-other animal co-construction of behavior for coexistence
aias.au.dk/events/show/...
aias.au.dk/events/show/...
Towards coexistence: human-animal co-construction of behaviour in shared spaces
Humans 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...
aias.au.dk
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Read more about our new research on the importance of human-other animal co-construction of behavior for coexistence
aias.au.dk/events/show/...
aias.au.dk/events/show/...
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
Great new paper by @mfhansen.bsky.social and Agustin Fuentes on human-macaque co-existence link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Human-macaque Co-construction of Behaviours: Sharing Spaces, Sharing Food, Sharing Lives - International Journal of Primatology
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 po...
link.springer.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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
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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...
IUCN upholds long-tailed macaques’ endangered status after complaint
BANGKOK — 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...
news.mongabay.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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...
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/...
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Research contributes to updating the IUCN Red List for the long-tailed macaque
AIAS 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...
aias.au.dk
October 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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.dk/events/show/...
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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...
@ulisesjespinoza.bsky.social and Ellen Kladky
anthropology.princeton.edu/news/three-a...
Three Anthropology Postdoctoral Scholars Accept New Positions Beginning Fall 2025
Malene 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...
anthropology.princeton.edu
May 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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...
@ulisesjespinoza.bsky.social and Ellen Kladky
anthropology.princeton.edu/news/three-a...
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
🌍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🎉
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aias.au.dk/events/show/...
Nine international researchers selected in the AIAS-AUFF Fellowship programme
Out 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...
aias.au.dk
May 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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