Tariku Ayana Abdi has received his BA in Psychology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, in 2007 and MA in Developmental Psychology from same University in 2009. Since his graduation, he has been working in various international NGOs and higher educational institutions in the profession of Psychology as counselor, lecturer, trainer and researcher. Since 2014, he has been working as full time researcher at Ethiopian Police University College in Research Institute. Up to date, he has published three international papers and journal articles on the field of gambling. Besides Abdi roles in research activities, he also prepares research modules for degree programs in social science and teaches psychology courses at the university college. Research interests are in the field of addiction and gambling, and road traffic safety.

Research Interest: Addiction and gambling, and road traffic safety