Musselwhite, Charles, 1975-

Charles Brian Alexander Musselwhite (born 16 June 1975) is Professor and Head of Psychology at Aberystwyth University. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom and educated at Bay House School, Gosport, Hampshire, followed by St Vincent Sixth Form College, Gosport, Hampshire. He went on to read Psychology at University of Southampton (BSc, Psychology, 1998) before completing a PhD in the Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton (PhD, 2004) examining attitudes to car driver behaviour. He was a lecturer of traffic and transport psychology at the Centre for Transport & Society at University West of England from 2006 to 2013, and associate professor in gerontology at the Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University, between 2013 and 2021. He is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Transport and Health. His research focuses on environmental gerontology, environment and health in later stages of life, giving-up driving, age friendly neighbourhoods and communities, and social aspects of transport and mobility. In September 2024 he became a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).