• 30 September-1 Oct 2009 ' 'The Demography of Salafism', for 'The Future of the Global Jihadist Movement', International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, together with Chatham House, UK

• ‘The Demography of Religious Radicalism’, for panel on ‘Demography and Security: The Politics of Population Change’, American Political Science Association, Toronto, September 3-6, 2009 presentation

• ‘The Next American Voter: The Political Demography of American Partisanship’, American Political Science Association, Toronto, September 3-6, 2009 paper, presentation

• 'From Loyalty to Resistance: The Orange Order in a Changing Ulster, 1969-2007’, Boston College, April 14, 2009

• ‘The Future of American Religion to 2050’, Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (ASREC) conference, Crystal City, VA, April 5, 2009

• 'The Role of the Second Demographic Transition in Secularism's Evolutionary Demise', Evolution, Cognition, and Culture seminar series, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, March 24, 2009

• 'Islamism, Religiosity and Fertility in the Muslim World' and 'Demographic Radicalization?: The Religiosity-Fertility Nexus and Politics', International Studies Association, New York, February 18, 2009 [links are to papers]

• 'Religious Fundamentalism as the End of History?: The Political Demography of the Abrahamic Faiths’, Belfer Center, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, International Security Program Seminar, February 5, 2009    

• 9 February 2009 – Invited panelist, ‘Inter-Ethnic Relations in Quebec: The ‘Accommodations Crisis’ and The Bouchard-Taylor Report’, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

• 28 January 2009 – ‘Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth’, (paper), Department of History, Georgetown University, Washington, DC   [powerpoint here]                                                                                                                           

• ‘Europe's Coming Demographic Revolution’, NACS Magazine, October 2008

• 12 December 2008 – ‘Demographic Radicalization in the Middle East and Europe?’, for conference on ‘Global religious trends:  risks opportunities for the United States’, National Intelligence Council and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC

• 2008-9 Fellow, Religion in International Affairs/International Security Program, Belfer Center, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

• Appearance at Listowel Writers' Week, Co. Kerry, 30 May 2008 to speak about Orange Order book

• 'Eurabia?: the Foreign Policy Implications of West Europe's Religious Composition in 2025 and Beyond', for panel on "The Global Demographic Landscape in 2025: Implications for International Relations Analysis", International Studies Association, San Francisco paper

• 'Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?:Demography, Religion and Radicalization', for "Policing, Justice and Security in a Diverse Canada: Building an Empirical Evidence Base", Government of Canada, February 25 & 26, 2008 Hampton Inn Ottawa & Conference Centre 

• Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State/National Intelligence Council, 'National Intelligence Council and Intelligence Community Study Group on the Middle East 2025', Meridian International Center, Washington, February 21-22, 2008

• Appearance on Press TV Live Discussion: The Arab World: Is a Western Style Democracy Viable?

• Presented at the Fulbright Debate on Multiculturalism, 15 January, London

• 'From Loyalty to Resistance: The Orange Order in a Changing Ulster, 1969-2007’, seminar at Queen's University Belfast, 13 December, 4pm, Institute of Irish Studies

•         Appearance at Belfast Literary Festival, seminar on Unionism, with Steve Bruce and Paul Bew, chaired by William Crawley, BBC Northern Ireland, 25 October 2007, Elmwood Hall, Belfast

• " 'God Returns to Europe', review of God's Continent, by Philip Jenkins, Prospect, November 2007

•  " 'Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth', Jewish Quarterly, Autumn 2007

•  " 'Parades ... could there soon be a deal?', Belfast Telegraph, 11 July 2007

• 'Sacralisation by Stealth', pamphlet and seminar for Institute of Jewish Policy Research (JPR), July 4, 2007

• Review of Pierre Manent's In Defense of the Nation-State (2006) in Prospect, June 2007 issue

• The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History, (Oxford University Press 2007) *now out in paperback (April 2009)

  ***Serialised in Belfast News Letter, 21 to 26 May 2007

• with Henry Patterson: The Decline of the Loyal Family: Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland - co-authored book with Professor Henry Patterson (U. Ulster). (Manchester University Press 2007)

• See my comments on Jack Goldstone's paper, 'Flash Points and Tipping Points: Security Implications of Global Population Changes, 2005-2025' live in a seminar on political demography at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, Feb 27, 2007. See webcast

28 January 2009 – ‘Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth’, (paper), Department of History, Georgetown University, Washington, DC   [powerpoint here]