Through talks and workshops, I bring together relevant examples and stories, insights from scientific research, and/or spiritual wisdom. Whether speaking with students, community groups, or professional organizations, my goal is to inspire hope, encourage meaningful reflection, and share practical, evidence-based tools and tips for meeting everyday challenges and building inclusive environments.
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June 2025 Behaviour Change to Improve University Culture, Pattern Conference: London.
April 2025 Antisemitism in UK Universities, Contemporary Antisemitism Conference: London.
Dec 2024 Tune Up Your Mental Health, Olami Souled.
June 2024 Improving Module Assessments for Equity in Higher Education. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education Conference: London.
June 2024 Supporting Workplace Wellbeing for Diverse Staff in Higher Education. UCL Centre for Equality Research in Brain Sciences (ERB) Annual Seminar: London.
March 2024 What’s happening with our teens? Research-based trends. Core: United States.
March 2024 Risk and Resilience in Children and Youth. Collaborative for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE). George Washington University: Washington, DC.
Nov 2023 Resilience in Difficult Times. Community Event: London
July 2023 Workplace Wellbeing and Behaviour Change. Clinical Administrators Conference: London.
May 2023 Five Years On: UCL Awarding Gap Conference: London.
May 2023 Lunch and Learn: Workplace Wellbeing and Behaviour Change. Being Well at UCL: London.
March 2023 Ideas that Changed Lives Podcast, https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/beth-perkel/episodes/Destination-Resilience-e1vp0gc
Feb 2023 BAME Awarding Gap Project. UCL: London.
Jan 2023 Building Resilience in your Daily Life. Community Event: London.
Nov 2022 Applying behaviour change in the classroom to improve student behaviour. Government Events: London.
Nov 2022 Resilient parenting. TAL Community Centre: London.
October 2022 Panel Talk on High Holy Days. TAL: London
Sept 2022 Building resilience. St Helens School for Girls: London.
Aug 2022 Research in Risk and Resilience. Yeshiva University, School of Social Work: NYC.
July 2022 Resilience for Jewish Women. TAL: London.
June 2022 Five tips for building resilience. Hasmonean School for Girls: London.
May 2022 Jewish Inspiration at your Fingertips Podcast, https://www.jewishinspirationatyourfingertips.com/category/interviews/page/2/
March 2022 Resilience for Young Women. Ner Yisrael: London.
March 2022 How do I become more resilient? Deep Meaningful Conversations: Meaningful minute
January 2022 SEL, Mental Health and Wellbeing: Should we not be declaring it an emergency? Jigsaw PHSE: London.
January 2022 The Juggling Act: Managing the Work-Life Balance as a Modern Jewish Women. Mill Hill Synagogue: London.
November 2021 Resilience. Uplift Magazine Launch: Manchester. https://theupliftmagazine.com/issue-7-launch-resilience-with-professor-l-gutman/
June 2021 Building Resilience. Binah Consulting and DATA: Dallas.
May 2021 Jewish Women Authors Talk to Dr. Leslie Gutman. L’Chaim: Chicago.
April 2021 Building Resilience to Overcome Challenges. EAYC of London. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqbIMvhNrRI
April 2021 Spiritual Spa Inspiration. A Torah Perspective on Resilience with Ruthie Simon: London.
March 2021 Resilience: A Jewish Guide to Facing Setbacks, Fostering Strength, and Living your Best Life. Mirovitz Centre and Aish HaTorah of St. Louis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuSqTy_w1Lc
March 2019 How can schools encourage positive behaviours in attitudes within and outside the classroom? Keynote speaker at the Westminster Education Forum Seminar on ‘What does the new Education Inspection Framework mean for schools. London, UK.
Jan 2019 Pathways and risk factors for childhood conduct problems up to age 14. Speaker at University College London PALS Seminar Series.
Dec 2018 Children of the new millennium: Understanding the course of childhood conduct problems. Presented at the Early Intervention Foundation, as part of the annual Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Festival of Social Science: London.
Nov 2018 The achievement well-being trade-off in education. Panelist at the Center for Economic Education. London, UK.
June 2018 Using evidence to inform practice. Keynote speaker at the UCL Teacher Summer School. London, UK.
March 2018 Editors facing the challenge of peer review in hyper-competitive science. Panelist at the PEERE International Conference on Peer Review. Rome, Italy.
Aug 2017 Risk and Protective Factors of Trajectories of Conduct Problems. Presented at the European Conference for Developmental Psychology. Utrecht, Netherlands.
March 2017 Gender-specific trajectories of conduct problems. Presented at the Society for Research in Childhood. Austin, TX.
March 2016 Can Holocaust education promote civic engagement for adolescents? Presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence: Baltimore, MD.
March 2016 Trends in mental health problems from 1999 to 2012. Presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence: Baltimore, MD.
Nov 2015 Socio-emotional skills of 11-year-olds in Great Britain. Presented at the CLOSER conference: London.
Nov 2015 Children of the new century: Mental health findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. Presented at the Early Intervention Foundation: New findings and policy implications, as part of the annual Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Festival of Social Science: London.
Nov 2015 New findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. Presented at the Department of Quantitative Social Science Lunchtime Seminar, UCL Institute of Education: London.
July 2015 Quantitative Evaluation of the Lessons from Auschwitz Project. Presented at the British Association for Holocaust Studies Conference: Birmingham.
Feb 2015 Non-cognitive skills. Character and Moderation: Tackling alcohol misuse, hosted by Demos. London, UK.
Oct 2014 Aiming high, aiming low, not knowing where to go: Career aspirations of children with special educational needs. Presented at the IoE-BNU Conference: London.
Dr. Leslie M. Gutman 