| Dr | Muhammad | Jabbar | Higher Education Department of Punjab Pakistan | Pakistan | Environmental Science | Urban environment | Best 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 | 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 |
| Mr | Badreddine | Boumali | University of Constantine 1 | Algeria | Social Sciences | Urban Planning | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Yixin | Zhang | Tsinghua University | China | Engineering | urban planning | Best Researcher Award | |
| 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 | Juan Carlos | Finck Carrales | Roskilde University | Denmark | Social Sciences | Urban Planning and Mobility | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yangli | Li | Southwest University of Science and Technology | China | Engineering | Urban planning and Urban design | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Shakeel | Ahmad | Tsinghua University Beijing China | China | Environmental Science | Urban Runoff Control & Stream Restoration | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Gonzalo | Lopez Garrido | Polytechnic University of Madrid | Spain | Social Sciences | Urban Studies | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Suneela | Ahmed | Indus valley school of Art and Architecuture | Pakistan | Social Sciences | Urban Studies | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Antonin | Margier | University of Rennes | France | Social Sciences | urban studies | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Anjeza | Llubani | Faculty of Architecture, Institute of Urbanism, Graz University of Technology | Austria | Social Sciences | Urban Studies | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | su | cao | China University of Mining and Technology beijing | China | Environmental Science | Urban Sustainable Development and Big Data | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Francis | Dakyaga | TU-Dortmund, Germany/Ardhi University, Tanzania, Dombo University, Ghana | Ghana | Social Sciences | Urban water infrastructure governance | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mohamed Fawaz | FAWZER | Western Sydney University | Australia | Chemical Engineering | Urban Water Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |