| Ms | Dani | Puspitasari | Petra Christian University | Indonesia | Social Sciences | AR in education | Best Researcher Award | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Shuo | Fei | Tsinghua University | China | Social Sciences | Smart cities | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Akhilesh Singh | Shisodia | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | Social Sciences | Sustainable Urbanism | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Francisco José | Vázquez Pinillos | University of Cádiz | Spain | Social Sciences | Geography and Coastal Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Toyo Amègnonna Marcel | Dossou | Laboratory of Public Economics, University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin, Abomey-Calavi 02BP 2163, Gb´egamey-Cotonou, Benin | Benin | Social Sciences | Poverty,Income inequality, Regional Economics, Tourism Economics, Institutional Economics,Energy Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Mahda | Foroughi | TuDelft | Netherlands | Social Sciences | architecture and urban planning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Valentina | Chegwin | Columbia University | United States | Social Sciences | Social determinants of health | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Abubakari | Ahmed | SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies | Ghana | Social Sciences | Human geography/Sustainability | Best Researcher Award | |