| Dr | Daphna | Levine | Cornell Tech | United States | Social Sciences | Urban Planning | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Constantina-Alina | Hossu | University of Bucharest | Romania | Environmental Science | Urban Planning | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Melina | Matos | Texas A&M University | United States | Other | Urban planning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yupeng | Wang | Xi'an Jiaotong University | China | Environmental Science | Urban Planning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Fanny | Téoule | Jagiellonian University | Poland | Social Sciences | Urban planning | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zahra | Parvar | Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Golestan, Iran | Iran | Environmental Science | urban landscape | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| 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 | |
| Dr | Muhammad | Jabbar | Higher Education Department of Punjab Pakistan | Pakistan | Environmental Science | Urban environment | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hui | Zhang | School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, | China | Environmental Science | Urban ecosystem environmental management based on the LCA and the material flow, the carbon mitigation solutions analysis for food waste/MSW/Construction waste via the information technology or resource realization technology. | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yanan | Sun | Nantong University | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Urban Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Adjowa Yewa | TOSSOUKPE | WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use | Nigeria | Environmental Science | Urban Ecology/ Ecosystem services/ Remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)/ Climate change and and Urban Sustainability | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Sitotaw | Erena | Addis Ababa University | Ethiopia | Environmental Science | Urban Disaster risk | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Xiaocong | Xu | Sun Yat-Sen University | China | Social Sciences | urban development | Young Scientist Award | |
| Ms | Dalia | Salem | Faculty of Engineering/ Cairo University | Egypt | Engineering | Urban Design and Community Development | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Thinh Duy | Do | Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education | Vietnam | Social Sciences | Urban and Rural Planning | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Marcus | Adolphson | The Royal Institute of Technology, KTH | Sweden | Social Sciences | Urban and Regional Planning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Naude | Malan | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Urban Agriculture | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Tayachew | Nega | University of Gondar | Ethiopia | Energy | University of Gondar | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Michael | Ciolfi | University of Bridgeport | United States | Other | Universal Design for Learning | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | WEIHUA | JIANG | Sun Yat-sen University | China | Engineering | underwater acoustic signal processing, and underwater acoustic communication and networks | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |