Dr John Holmes - In at the deep end: Lessons learned from a crash course in public and policy engagement

Dr John Holmes reflects on lessons learned on the job during seven years of presenting evidence on increasing the price of alcohol to policy-makers, practitioners, journalists and the public.  The talk gives you a sense of what to expect when taking your research out into the world and covers topics including what different policy stakeholders want from your presentation, how the process of being invited for a radio interview works, and the good and bad parts of ‘what happens next?’