With over half of the global population concentrated in cities, cities and human settlements became the forefront of current global challenges. About one-third of the 234 UN indicators and 17 SDGs are inextricably linked to SDG 11, highlighting the role of cities and human settlements towards addressing environmental degradation, economic inequality, and ensuring social justice. The DCERP’s 2024 Research Conference on Human Settlements Planning aimed to contribute to the development of science-based policy-making, improving well-being in urban and rural areas, and ensuring safe, sustainable, resilient, and inclusive cities and human settlements. This chapter aims to synthesize the contributions from the said students’ conference. Specifically, this aims to state the overarching themes of the conference, discuss how the presented researches contribute to the broader field of study, summarize the main themes and trends, and identify potential research directions. This further aims to provide recommendations on making future students’ research conferences inclusive, participative, collaborative, and comprehensive, relating SDG 11 with other SDGs.