Malene Friis Hansen

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

The evolution of the concepts of ‘primate culture’ in Western science - Primates While 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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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/...

@aiasdk.bsky.social @carlsbergfondet.dk @princeton.edu @behaveco.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social

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...

Read more about our new research on the importance of human-other animal co-construction of behavior for coexistence
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

Thank you for all your support and encouragement @ebriefer.bsky.social

Common research monkey is endangered, conservation group confirms Listing could affect availability for biomedical studies

The long-tailed macaque is endangered IUCN confirms

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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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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