Anindita Bhadra

About

I am a behavioural biologist. I work on the behavioural ecology of the Indian free-ranging dogs. I am faculty member at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata Associate Professor
  2019 - Present
• Indian Institute of Science Education Research Kolkata Assistant Professor
  2016 - 2019
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata Assistant Professor on contract
  2014 - 2016
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata IISER Fellow
  2009 - 2014
• Indian Institute of Science Research Associate
  2007 - 2009

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (55)

• Beyond WEIRD Humans and STRANGE Dogs: Using Big-Team Science to Improve Generalizability and Reproducibility in Comparative Psychology
  Current Directions in Psychological Science 2026 DOI: 10.1177/09637214261450055
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• Food, Affection and Gaze: Which Cues Do Free‐Ranging Dogs Prioritise for Engaging With Humans?
  Ethology 2026 DOI: 10.1111/eth.70081
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• Lemons and learning: Juvenile free‐ranging dogs are more persistent but less selective foragers than adults
  Journal of Zoology 2026 DOI: 10.1111/jzo.70110
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• Fair game: urban free-ranging dogs balance resource use and risk aversion at seasonal fairs
  Current Zoology 2026 DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoaf030
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• Beyond WEIRD humans and STRANGE dogs: Using big team science to improve generalizability and reproducibility in comparative psychology
  2026 DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/e5wua_v2
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• Treats or affection? Understanding reward preferences in Indian free-ranging dogs
  Animal Cognition 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02046-4
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• Beyond WEIRD humans and STRANGE dogs: Using big team science to improve generalizability and reproducibility in comparative psychology
  2026 DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/e5wua_v1
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• Begging for morsels: social context and sex shape begging in free-ranging dogs
  Animal Behaviour 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123693
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• How Much Is Enough? An Empirical Test of the Resource Dispersion Hypothesis
  Ecology and Evolution 2025 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.72696
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• When life gives you lemons, squeeze your way through: Understanding citrus avoidance behaviour by free-ranging dogs in India
  Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106682
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