Malene Friis Hansen
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Malene Friis Hansen
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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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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
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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The long-tailed macaque is endangered IUCN confirms

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Common research monkey is endangered, conservation group confirms
Listing could affect availability for biomedical studies
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October 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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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...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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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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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...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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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
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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...
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May 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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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
aiasdk.bsky.social Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) @aiasdk.bsky.social · May 2
🌍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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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...
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May 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM