| Assist Prof Dr | Sirinya | Phulkerd | Institute for Population and Social Research | Thailand | Social Sciences | Food and nutrition policies | Women Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Francis | Brabosa | State University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil/ 1. Western Paraná State University, Brazil | Brazil | Social Sciences | Regional Development and Agribusiness | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Soojin | Kim | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | Social Sciences | Public Administration and Policy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Lilian | Anthonysamy | Multimedia University | Malaysia | Social Sciences | Educational Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Abdellah | El Boubekri | Mohammed I University | Morocco | Social Sciences | Literature and cultural studies | Best Scholar Award | |
| Mr | Anil | Poudyal | Nepal Health Research Council, Ramshah path , Kathmandu | Nepal | Social Sciences | Public health researcher, MPH | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yi Fen | Wang | National Tainan Junior College of Nursing | Taiwan | Social Sciences | Elder Education | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Doris | Aduba | Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu | Nigeria | Social Sciences | Library and Information Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Nupur | Joshi | Kalamazoo College | United States | Social Sciences | Geography | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Atika | Qazi | Universiti Brunei Darussalam | Brunei Darrussalam | Social Sciences | Education | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Zhifang | He | School of Business, Jiangnan University | China | Social Sciences | Financial Risk Management, Behavioral Finance, and Energy Finance | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Jun-Jun | Jia | Hefei University of Technology | China | Social Sciences | household energy consumption behavior, consumer perception bias, carbon emissions trading market, textual big data mining | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Bora | Ly | Regional Polytechnic Institute Techo Sen Siem Reap | Cambodia | Social Sciences | Sustainable issues | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Joyce Angnayeli | Eledi Kuusaana | Utrecht University and TU Darmstadt | Netherlands | Social Sciences | Urban geography, spatial planning and infrastructure planning (electricity/energy) | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Wang | Rui | Nanjing Agriculture University,School Finance | China | Social Sciences | Industrial organization digital transformation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Marcus | Adolphson | The Royal Institute of Technology, KTH | Sweden | Social Sciences | Urban and Regional Planning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Zaidatun | Tasir | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia | Social Sciences | Educational Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Gyöngyvér | Molnár | University of Szeged | Hungary | Social Sciences | Education | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Saraswathy | Kasavan | UNITEN | Malaysia | Social Sciences | Waste Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Shuo | Fei | Tsinghua University | China | Social Sciences | Smart cities | Best Researcher Award | |