- Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, 2022–2023
- Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards, Second-class Award in Natural Sciences, the Ministry of Education, China, 2019–2020
- President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research (Early-Career Research Excellence Award), The Education University of Hong Kong, 2019
- Dean’s Research Output Prize (2018–2019, and 2016–2017), Dean’s Research Impact Prize (2017–2018), Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, EdUHK
- Carson Fellowship, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, 2018
- Early Career Scheme (ECS) Award, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong, 2017
- Fellowship of the Swiss National Fund, 2015
- Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships, 2015
- Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong, 2015
- Swire Scholarship, 2011–2012
- Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Prize in Geography, 2010
- Li Ka Shing Prize, 2010
