Charles Musselwhite

Charles is an Associate Professor in Gerontology at the Centre for Innovative Ageing (CIA) at Swansea University. He heads-up groups in the Environments and Ageing research strand. He is also Deputy Director of OPAN Cymru, an initiative to develop and enhance research, policy and practice for older people.

Charles has a particular interest in ageing, travel and transport, addressing technological, environmental, health and sustainability contexts of transportation and built environment studies. Prior to joining CIA, Charles was a Senior Lecturer in Traffic & Transport Psychology with the Centre for Transport and Society at UWE, Bristol. His research has addressed ageing and transport spans four interconnected areas. Some key examples include:

(1) Attitudes to transport and travel

(2) Older people, travel behaviour change and health and wellbeing

(3) Giving-up driving for later life

(4) Road user safety and ageing

Charles has been involved a variety of other built environment, mental health and shipping projects, advising the Parliamentary Council for Transport Safety on older people’s transport issues. He is also a member of the British Society of Gerontology. His research on older people and their travel and driving behaviour has led to several International and national presentations at conferences and presentations to the House of Commons and House of Lords. Charles has also appeared on BBC TV and UK and Swedish radio stations on the subject.