Research Fellow Award (International Society for Quality of Life Studies, 2025)       MORE INFO

​​Research Excellence Award (Keimyung University, 2025)​​​

Ruut Veenhoven Award (Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization, 2019)​      ​MORE INFO

Young Scholar Award (International Society for Quality of Life Studies, 2018)      MORE INFO

​​Research Excellence Award (Keimyung University, 2018)​​​

​Overall Winner of Postgraduate Research Excellence Award (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

​Postgraduate Research Excellence Award (Chonnam National University, 2011)