Tia G. B. Hansen

Tia G. B. Hansen is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University's Department of Communication and Psychology within The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. She leads the Center for Developmental & Applied Psychological Science and co-directs the CHAP (Center for Human Animal Psychology). Her work focuses on anthrozoology, compassion-based interventions, human-animal interaction, and rehabilitation psychology following acquired brain injuries. She has been continuously active since 2001, publishing over 134 works and supervising 4 PhD students.

Key research areas include:

• Compassion & self-compassion therapies
• Animal-assisted interventions for disabilities
• Cognitive rehabilitation for brain injury patients
• Cross-cultural autobiographical memory studies

Notable projects include:

• CHAP (2019–present): Investigates human-animal psychology across educational and clinical contexts
• BiDA (2022): Explores biosociality and human-animal relations in the digital age
• Self-Compassion Intervention Project (2014–present): Develops compassion-based therapies

Media engagement includes frequent commentary on grief management, ethical human-animal relationships, and compassion practices in major Danish media outlets since 2022.