Honors / Awards
Melbourne Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022-2025)
Mollie-Holman Award [Gold medal] from Monash University recognising the Best PhD thesis for the Faculty of Business and Economics in 2020.
Monash University Postgraduate Publications Award (2020)
Awarded ‘Poster Prize’ for the paper ‘The Quintessential Chinese Dream’? Homeownership and the subjective wellbeing of China’s next generation’ at Conference on Randomised Controlled Trials, Monash University. (2019)
Awarded ‘Best paper’ prize for the paper ‘Petrol prices and Subjective wellbeing’ at Monash Business School’s 2nd Doctoral Colloquium, Monash University. (2019)
Unit Prize for BEX6650 [Research topics in advanced microeconomics] (2018), Monash Business School Awards Nights, Monash University. (2018)
Certificate of Recognition for Research Publication in a high quality journal, Annual Research Awards Night, The University of the South Pacific. (2017 & 2015)
Best Debator Award, Faculty Inter-school debate series, The University of the South Pacific. (2011)
Best Mentor Award, Student Learning support, The University of the South Pacific. (2011)
Teaching Recognition
Purple letter for teaching commendation: For overall student unit satisfaction score of 4.46 out of 5 in ECC1100 Principles of Microeconomics at the Clayton campus in Semester 2, 2020.
Purple letter for teaching commendation: For overall student unit satisfaction score of 4.74 out of 5 in ECC1000 Principles of Microeconomics at the Clayton campus in Semester 2, 2020.
Purple letter for teaching commendation: For overall student unit satisfaction score of 4.75 out of 5 in ECC1000 Principles of Microeconomics at the Clayton campus in Semester 1, 2020.
Grants / Scholarship
Monash-Warwick Alliance PhD Travel Grant (not used due to COVID-19 travel restrictions) (2020)
Monash University Department of Economics Competitive Travel Grant to attend 32nd PhD Conference in Economics and Business, Australian National University, Canberra (2019).
Monash University Competitive Travel Grant to attend Doctoral Colloquium, Monash University Malaysia (2019).
Monash University CDES Competitive Travel Grant to attend Monash Business School Workshop on Sustainable Development, Monash University Prato Centre, Italy (2019).
Monash Graduate Scholarship, Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Monash Economics Departmental Scholarship. (2017-2020)
Oceania Development Network (ODN) Young Researcher Travel grant, 12th Global Development Network Conference, Asian Development Bank, Manila ( 2013)
Graduate Assistant scholarship, The University of the South Pacific. (2012-2013)
Public Service Commission scholarship, Fiji Government. (2009-2011)