Being part of a deliberative process can change citizen views and build legitimacy, but the key to impact comes from the public themselves

We know that deliberative dialogue processes can have valuable impacts on policy making, but what impact do they have on the citizens who take part? This is the question that Tim Hughes and Amy Pollard of Involve set out to explore itheir new thought leadership piece, Changing Hats, published this month for Sciencewise. They argue that the process affects those involved in different, but usually positive, ways.