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)