Charles Musselwhite PhD (Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton), PGCert with Distinction (Research Supervision, 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
- Personal Website: www.drcharliemuss.com
- Twitter: @charliemuss
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=gUbAOe8AAAAJ
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
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 60 peer reviewed journal articles, over 25 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 125 conference presentations including over 60 invited International and national presentations at conferences (including 5 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.
Teaching
Lecturer
- PS33240 - Counselling Research Project
- PSM0320 - The Psychology of Behaviour Change
- SC34120 - Prosiect ymchwil Seicoleg ar gyfer cyd-anrhydedd
- PS34120 - Psychology Research Project for Joint Honours
- PS11420 - Introduction to core topics in Social and Individual Behaviour
- PSM0120 - Implementation Science
- PSM0520 - Transdisciplinary Dialogue
- PS11520 - Applications of Psychology
- SC33140 - Prosiect ymchwil Seicoleg ar gyfer anrhydedd sengl
- SC33240 - Prosiect Ymchwil Cwnsella
- PS32120 - Behavioural Neuroscience
- PS20220 - Social Psychology
- PS11820 - Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology
Grader
Course Viewer
- PS21720 - Issues in Clinical Psychology
- PS30820 - Drugs and Behaviour
- PS33340 - Forensic Psychology Dissertation
- PS34120 - Psychology Research Project for Joint Honours
- PS35120 - Psychological Wellbeing in the Workplace
- PSM0320 - The Psychology of Behaviour Change
- PSM0660 - Psychology PGT Dissertation (Behaviour Change)
- SC11320 - Cyflwyniad i ddulliau ymchwil mewn seicoleg
- PGM4310 - Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis
- PS12120 - Foundations of Counselling: Skills & Theory 1
- PS20310 - Qualitative Research Methods
- PS20620 - Psychology in Practice
- PSS0260 - Work Placement
- PSS0360 - Work Placement
- SC21310 - Dulliau Ymchwil Meintiol
- SC33240 - Prosiect Ymchwil Cwnsella
- PGM2910 - Research Writing Programme
- PS10220 - Introduction to Forensic Psychology
- PS11710 - Personal Development and Organisational Behaviour
- PS21310 - Quantitative Research Methods
- PS32220 - The psychology of Ageing: older adults
- PS11610 - Designing Psychological Research Projects
- PS21220 - Forensic Psychology
- PS30620 - Psychology in Practice
- PS33140 - Psychology Research Project for Single Honours
- SC33140 - Prosiect ymchwil Seicoleg ar gyfer anrhydedd sengl
- PS11520 - Applications of Psychology
- PS11820 - Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology
- PS21820 - Cognitive Psychology
- PS22120 - Foundations of Counselling II: Further Skills and Theory
- PS32620 - Psychology of Humour
- PSM0120 - Implementation Science
- PGM1010 - Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis (for social scientists)
- PGM4420 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1120)
- PGM4510 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (1710)
- PS11220 - Brain, Behaviour and Cognition
- PS11420 - Introduction to core topics in Social and Individual Behaviour
- PS20420 - The Psychology of Language
- PS20720 - Health Psychology
- PS21020 - Evolutionary Psychology
- SC30620 - Seicoleg mewn gweithred
- SC34120 - Prosiect ymchwil Seicoleg ar gyfer cyd-anrhydedd
- PS11320 - Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
- PS20220 - Social Psychology
- PS31920 - The Psychology of Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring
- PS32320 - Sex and relationships in psychotherapeutic practice
- PS34320 - Developmental Psychology
- PSM0520 - Transdisciplinary Dialogue
- SC20720 - Seicoleg Iechyd
- PS31520 - Psychology Critical Review
- PS31720 - 21st Century Self: Critical and Constructionist Approaches to Contemporary Personhood
- PS31820 - Child Language: Development and Assessment
- PS32120 - Behavioural Neuroscience
- PS33240 - Counselling Research Project
- SC20620 - Seicoleg mewn gweithred
Research
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 45 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.