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)

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