Leslie speaks regularly at national and international conferences. Recent presentations include:
British Sociological Association Sociology of Religion Study Group, Manchester, England, 3-5 April 2006 (Introducing the New Indices of Religious Orientation NIRO): conceptualisation and measurement).
International Society of Empirical Research in Theology, Bangor, Wales, 20-22 April 2006 (Comparative empirical research in religion: conceptual and operational challenges within empirical theology).
Implicit Religion Annual Denton Conference, Denton Hall, England, 5-7 May 2006 (The unconventional beliefs of conventional churchgoers: the matter of luck).
British Psychological Society Northern Ireland Branch, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12-14 May 2006 (Sixth-form religion in Northern Ireland (1968-1998): replication and extension).
Institute for Socio-Biblical Studies Conference, University of Sheffield, England, 11-12 July 2006 (The SIFT method: an applied approach to biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching).
International Seminar on Religious Education and Values, Driebergen, Netherlands, 30 July - 4 August 2006 (Invited presentation: Reforming tradition, a liberally conservative approach: a response to Gabriel Moran).
The 114th Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisianna, 10-13 August 2006 (invited address: Faith and Psychology: the role of empirical theology and psychological research in ministry development).
The seventh Ecumenical Conference on Christian Parapsychology, University of Exeter, England, 10-12 September 2006 (Drawing back the veil: paranormal belief and the teenage world view).
The European Conference on Christian Education, Vienna, Austria, 29 January - 3 February 2007 (invited series of three key note addresses: The theory and practice of Christian education).
Implicit Religion Annual Denton Conference, Denton Hall, England, 11-13 May 2007(Personality, religion and paranormal belief: a study among teenagers).
Institute for Socio-Biblical Studies Conference, University of Sheffield, England, 17-18 July 2007 (Practice interpretation and psychological type: applying the SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics).
International Society for the Sociology of Religion, Leipzig, Germany, 23-27 July 2007 (Psychological type and predisposition for professional burnout among church leaders in Australia, England and New Zealand).
The 115th Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 17-20 August 2007 (The relationship of intrinsic, extrinsic and quest orientations to Jungian psychological type among Christians).
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, 2-4 November 2007 (Mystical orientation and psychological type: an empirical study among guests staying at a Benedictine Abbey).
British Sociological Association Sociology of Religion Study Group, Birmingham, England, 8-10 April 2008 (invited keynote address: Too many young people and too many variables?
Insights from and limitations with a quantitative approach). International Society of Empirical Research in Theology, Wuerzburg, Germany, 10-12 April 2008 (Clergy work-related psychological health: listening to ministers of word and sacrament within the United Reformed Church in England).
Inter-University Research Colloquium on Religion and Education, University of Oxford, England, 22-24 April 2008 (Alternative spiritualities: different personalities? An enquiry among 14- to 16-year-old students).
Implicit Religion Annual Denton Conference, Denton Hall, England, 9-11 May 2008 (Attitude toward Christianity and New Age beliefs among undergraduate students: a study in implicit religion?).
