Welcome...
I’m a Professor of Psychology at Aberystwyth University, where I hold a Chair in the Psychology Department and currently serve as Head of Department. Before this, I was Director of Research for Psychology from September 2021 to July 2024, and I also spent time as Acting Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Transfer in the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences between 2022 and 2023.
Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to work on 55 research projects as either Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator, together bringing in £25.5 million in research funding. I was Principal Investigator and co-Director of two Welsh Government–funded initiatives: the £3.1m Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CADR) and the £400k Transport and Health Integrated Research Network (THINK). I’m also Co-Director of the University’s Research Centre for Transport and Mobility (CeTrAM), and Chair of the UK-wide Universities’ Transport Study Group.
I’m deeply committed to the ageing and mobilities research community. I previously served on the Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology (2015–2020) and founded, and now co-lead, its Special Interest Group on mobilities and transport in later life. I’m also a member of the International Association of Applied Psychology, Vice-Chair of the Transport and Health Science Group, and a partner in the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. More recently, I’ve been honoured to be nominated as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Alongside this, I contribute to research leadership and governance. I’m a member of the UK Research and Innovation Economic and Social Research Council Peer Review College, a panel reviewer for the Volkswagen Foundation in Germany, and have served as a panel moderator for UKRI’s Arts and Humanities Research Council, as well as on UKRI’s Planetary Health steering group.
I also enjoy working closely with policy and practice communities. I’m a member of the Welsh Government’s Ministerial Advisory Forum on Ageing, the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ Age Friendly Partnership Group, and Transport for Wales’ Disability Rights Taskforce Working Group on Transport.
Editorial work is another important part of my role. I’m Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Journal of Transport & Health, Section Editor for Cogent Gerontology, and sit on the editorial boards of EnvisAGE (Age Cymru), Research in Transportation Business & Management, and the Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research.
Overall, my work is driven by a strong interest in how transport, mobility, and ageing intersect, and by a commitment to research that makes a real difference to people’s everyday lives.
See recent talks given on my YouTube channel.
I am not Charlie Musselwhite the blues star!
I did have my own blog - so see it here.
My full academic CV is here
Contact me:
Email: [email protected]
Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to work on 55 research projects as either Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator, together bringing in £25.5 million in research funding. I was Principal Investigator and co-Director of two Welsh Government–funded initiatives: the £3.1m Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CADR) and the £400k Transport and Health Integrated Research Network (THINK). I’m also Co-Director of the University’s Research Centre for Transport and Mobility (CeTrAM), and Chair of the UK-wide Universities’ Transport Study Group.
I’m deeply committed to the ageing and mobilities research community. I previously served on the Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology (2015–2020) and founded, and now co-lead, its Special Interest Group on mobilities and transport in later life. I’m also a member of the International Association of Applied Psychology, Vice-Chair of the Transport and Health Science Group, and a partner in the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. More recently, I’ve been honoured to be nominated as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Alongside this, I contribute to research leadership and governance. I’m a member of the UK Research and Innovation Economic and Social Research Council Peer Review College, a panel reviewer for the Volkswagen Foundation in Germany, and have served as a panel moderator for UKRI’s Arts and Humanities Research Council, as well as on UKRI’s Planetary Health steering group.
I also enjoy working closely with policy and practice communities. I’m a member of the Welsh Government’s Ministerial Advisory Forum on Ageing, the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ Age Friendly Partnership Group, and Transport for Wales’ Disability Rights Taskforce Working Group on Transport.
Editorial work is another important part of my role. I’m Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Journal of Transport & Health, Section Editor for Cogent Gerontology, and sit on the editorial boards of EnvisAGE (Age Cymru), Research in Transportation Business & Management, and the Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research.
Overall, my work is driven by a strong interest in how transport, mobility, and ageing intersect, and by a commitment to research that makes a real difference to people’s everyday lives.
See recent talks given on my YouTube channel.
I am not Charlie Musselwhite the blues star!
I did have my own blog - so see it here.
My full academic CV is here
Contact me:
Email: [email protected]
