Charles Musselwhite
PhD (University of Southampton), PGCert with Distinction (Bournemouth University), BSc Hons (Psychology, University of Southampton)
Chair in Psychology
Head of Department (Psychology)
Contact Details
- Email: chm93@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-4831-2092
- Office:1.20 Penbryn Building 5
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622929
- Twitter: @charliemuss
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=gUbAOe8AAAAJ
- Personal Website: https://www.drcharliemuss.com
- Research Portal Profile (https://research.aber.ac.uk/en/persons/95d27ec6-af84-4226-93fa-d9329393b8c5)
I am Professor and Head of Psychology, with a Chair in the Psychology Department at Aberystwyth University. My research involves applying social, environmental and health psychology to understanding and improving relationships between the built environment and transportation and health. I am Co-Director of two funded research centres, the Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research and the Transport and Health Integrated Research Network. I am also co-director of the Aberystwyth University Research Centre for Transport and Mobility (CeTrAM). I have authored over 70 peer reviewed journal articles, over 27 book chapters and have 5 books. I am a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. I am incoming Chair of the Universities Transport Studies Group (UTSG). I have been an executive committee member of the British Society of Gerontology (BSG; 2015-20) and founder and co-lead the Special Interest Group at BSG on mobilities and transport in later life. My research has involved over 150 conference presentations including over 70 invited International and national presentations at conferences (including 8 keynotes) and I work closely with government, charities and third sector organisations and am keen on public engagement to get my research out into the real world. I have presented at two British Science Festivals (2008 and 2016) and written many articles for the general public. I have appeared on television and radio on a variety of ageing, mobility and built environment topics. I am Editor-in-Chief for Elsevier’s Journal of Transport & Health, Section Editor for Cogent Gerontology and on the editorial board for Age Cymru’s EnvisAGE and Elsevier’s Research in Transportation Business & Management journals.
- AB2 21st Century Self: Critical and Constructionist Approaches to Contemporary Personhood (PS31720)
- AB1 Applications of Psychology (PS11520)
- AB1 Behavioural Neuroscience (PS32120)
- AB2 Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology (PS11820)
- AB1 Counselling Research Project (PS33240)
- AB2 Implementation Science (PSM0120)
- AB1 Introduction to core topics in Social and Individual Behaviour (PS11420)
- AB1 Prosiect Ymchwil Cwnsella (SC33240)
- AB1 Prosiect ymchwil Seicoleg ar gyfer anrhydedd sengl (SC33140)
- AB1 Prosiect ymchwil Seicoleg ar gyfer cyd-anrhydedd (SC34120)
- AB1 Psychology Research Project for Joint Honours (PS34120)
- AB1 Psychology Research Project for Single Honours (PS33140)
- AB2 Social Psychology (PS20220)
- AB1 The Psychology of Behaviour Change (PSM0320)
- AB2 The psychology of Ageing: older adults (PS32220)
- AB2 Transdisciplinary Dialogue (PSM0520)
Lecturer
- AB2 21st Century Self: Critical and Constructionist Approaches to Contemporary Personhood (PS31720)
- AB1 Applications of Psychology (PS11520)
- AB1 Applied Forensic Psychology (PS21220)
- AB1 Behavioural Neuroscience (PS32120)
- AB2 Brain, Behaviour and Cognition (PS11220)
- AB2 Child Language: Development and Assessment (PS31820)
- AB1 Cognitive Psychology (PS21820)
- AB2 Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology (PS11820)
- AB1 Counselling Research Project (PS33240)
- AB1 Cyflwyniad i ddulliau ymchwil mewn seicoleg (SC11320)
- AB2 Designing Psychological Research Projects (PS11610)
- AB2 Developmental Psychology (PS34420)
- AB2 Developmental Psychology and Individual Differences (PS34320)
- AB1 Drugs and Behaviour (PS30820)
- AB1 Dulliau Ymchwil Meintiol (SC21310)
- AB2 Evolutionary Psychology (PS21020)
- AB1 Forensic Psychology Dissertation (PS33340)
- AB1 Foundations of Counselling II: Further Skills and Theory (PS22120)
- AB1 Foundations of Counselling: Skills & Theory 1 (PS12120)
- AB2 Health Psychology (PS20720)
- AB2 Implementation Science (PSM0120)
- AB1 Introduction to Forensic Psychology (PS10220)
- AB1 Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology (PS11320)
- AB1 Introduction to core topics in Social and Individual Behaviour (PS11420)
- AB1 Issues in Clinical Psychology (PS21720)
- AB1 Personal Development and Organisational Behaviour (PS11710)
- AB1 Placement Year (PSS0060)
- AB1 Placement Year (PSS0160)
- AB1 Prosiect Ymchwil Cwnsella (SC33240)
- AB1 Prosiect Ymchwil Seicoleg Fforensig (SC33440)
- AB1 Prosiect ymchwil Seicoleg ar gyfer anrhydedd sengl (SC33140)
- AB1 Prosiect ymchwil Seicoleg ar gyfer cyd-anrhydedd (SC34120)
- AB1 Psychology Critical Review (PS31520)
- AB1 Psychology Research Project for Joint Honours (PS34120)
- AB1 Psychology Research Project for Single Honours (PS33140)
- AB1 Psychology in Practice (PS20620)
- AB1 Psychology in Practice (PS30620)
- AB1 Psychology of Humour (PS32620)
- AB2 Qualitative Research Methods (PS20310)
- AB1 Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis (for social scientists) (PGM1010)
- AB1 Quantitative Research Methods (PS21310)
- AB2 Seicoleg Iechyd (SC20720)
- AB1 Seicoleg mewn gweithred (SC30620)
- AB1 Seicoleg mewn gweithred (SC20620)
- AB1 Sex and relationships in psychotherapeutic practice (PS32320)
- AB2 Social Psychology (PS20220)
- AB1 The Psychology of Behaviour Change (PSM0320)
- AB1 The Psychology of Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring (PS31920)
- AB1 The Psychology of Language (PS20420)
- AB2 The psychology of Ageing: older adults (PS32220)
- AB2 Transdisciplinary Dialogue (PSM0520)
- AB1 Work Placement (PSS0360)
- AB1 Work Placement (PSS0260)
Course Viewer
I have two main areas of interest (1) environmental gerontology, examining relationships between environment and health in later stages of life, including road user safety in later life, giving-up driving and creating age friendly neighbourhoods and communities; (2) transport and health, including the social aspects of transport and mobility. I have worked on over 50 research projects as PI or Co-I totalling over £26m research income. I am currently Principal Investigator and co-Director of 2 Welsh Government funded projects: (1) the £3m Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CADR) project to bring together research in ageing with policy and practice across Wales and; (2) the £400k Transport and Health Integrated Research Network (THINK) to bring together those working in health and transport research from different disciplines.
In: Journal of Safety Research, Vol. 95, 31.12.2025, p. 495-504.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In: Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol. 114, 31.10.2025, p. 864-872.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In: Journal of Transport & Health, Vol. 44, 102104, 31.10.2025.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In: Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol. 113, 31.08.2025, p. 136-142.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In: Cogent Gerontology, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2479446, 31.12.2025.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review