| Dr | Sanjeev Kumar | Jha | PM SHRI KV AFS Arjangarh,New Delhi-110047 | India | Social Sciences | Higher Education | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Emese | K. Nagy | University of Miskolc | Hungary | Social Sciences | Disadvantaged, mainly Roma community | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jean Henry | Blignaut | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | South Africa | Social Sciences | Education and Self-directed learning | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Cristina | Miralles Cardona | University of Alicante/Institute for Gender Studies Research | Spain | Social Sciences | Education Sciences/Gender Equality | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chunguang | Hou | the School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Central China Normal University | China | Social Sciences | Innovation geography/knowledge spatial spillover/regional scientific and technological innovation development | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Annie | Botha | North West University | South Africa | Social Sciences | Self-Directed Learning | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Liat | Hamama | Tel Aviv University | Israel | Social Sciences | Social work | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Huazhan | Yin | Hunan Normal University | China | Social Sciences | psychology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Amir | Rahimi | University of Tehran | Iran | Social Sciences | Sport Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Matt | Broadway-Horner | University of Auckland | New Zealand | Social Sciences | Health inequity | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Tianrun | Zhao | Tsinghua University | China | Social Sciences | data-driven decision，online platform | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jie | Zhou | Sichuan Normal University | China | Social Sciences | healthcare operations management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ali | Mokhtari Karchegani | Tarbiyat modares University | Iran | Social Sciences | Low-Carbon Behavior | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Gurol | YOKUS | Sinop University | Turkey | Social Sciences | Educational Sciences/Teacher Education | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Sifeng | Bi | Shandong university of finance and economics | China | Social Sciences | Financial risk measurement and management | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Zaid Ashiq | Khan | Hainan Dongfang New Silk Road College | China | Social Sciences | Agricultural Economics and Management | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Robert | Faris | Department of Sociology, UC Davis | United States | Social Sciences | Structural racism | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Huisheng | Wang | University of Science and Technology of China | China | Social Sciences | Humanities and Social Sciences | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | mengru | zhou | Anhui Jianzhu University | China | Social Sciences | Urban design | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Johnston | Wong | Beijing Normal - Hong Kong Baptist University | China | Social Sciences | Social Psychological Stress related to COVID-19 | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |