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

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

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Research Excellence Award (Keimyung University, 2018)

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Honorable mention for the RUUT VEENHOVEN AWARD (The Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization, 2017)

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

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Postgraduate Research Excellence Award (Chonnam National University, 2011)