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Dr Charles MusselwhiteSenior Lecturer in Traffic and Transport PsychologyCentre for Transport & Society Faculty of Environment and Technology University of the West of England Frenchay Campus Coldharbour Lane BRISTOL BS16 1QY
Telephone: 0117 32 83010
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Professional Summary
Charles' background is in psychology and in particular applied social psychology. He has an interest in how attitudes and motivation mediate behaviour and specifically, decision making and level of accepted risk. He is currently involved as principal investigator into a DfT study into public attitudes to road user safety and as co-investigator for a study of business attitudes to transport (DfT), a study into design and policy elements that increase cycling and walking in the South West (for Government Office of the South West), an investigation into rural travel behaviour of older people (NDA ESRC grant) and a project examining the role of the built environment in travel behaviour (EU Renaissance Project). He was the CTS project manager for the recently completed DfT funded project understanding the public attitudes and acceptability of road pricing, which involved a large-scale re-convened qualitative investigation in collaboration with BMRB. He has also completed a study into older people's travel and driving needs and how new technology could prolong safer driving, as part of the SPARC initiative for BBSRC and EPSRC. He has also worked on a project focussing on how carbon calculators may affect travel behaviour, again in collaboration with BMRB for the DfT. Previously Charles worked at Bournemouth University where he completed projects on collaboration and networking between universities, government and NGOs, including developing and carrying out large-scale multi-method evaluations, in the filed of applied psychology and mental health. He completed his PhD at the University of Southampton in June 2004 which involved qualitative and quantitative analysis coupled with on-road trials addressing attitudes towards Advanced Vehicle Driver Assistance Systems and differences between these attitudes based on level of accepted risk. Additionally, he has also been involved in research focussing on attitudes towards car driving, travel choice and engineering and technological safety interventions and the social psychological and sociological determinants of risk perception, acceptance and comprehension in relation to driving behaviour, travel mode choice and acceptance of technological interventions.
Charles has also carried out research applying social psychology to merchant seafaring operations, including a longitudinal study of recruitment, selection and retention of merchant seafarers and an in-depth account of simulation as a method of training for seafarers. Previously Charles has also carried out work addressing attitudes towards mental health including devising and running mental health awareness training for prison staff, involving a project using reflective learning to change prison staff attitudes to mental health, where he was also involved in devising an award winning training video.
He also has a keen interest in collaborations and partnerships between organsiations, government and higher education and has carried out research and extensive evaluation of such ventures. He has specific expertise in applied social research methods, in particular qualitative research, and advocates using a transcendent approach in which the participants and stakeholders are involved thoroughly in the research process, often blurring the boundaries between researcher and the researched and as such is particularly interested in using a variety of (re)presentation methods to create a more beneficial shared research environment.
Areas of Specialism
- Traffic and transport psychology
- Attitudes towards road user safety
- Car driving behaviour
- Social, cultural and psychological determinants of risky driving behaviour
- Ageing and mobility
- Attitudes towards road pricing
- Environmental psychology and street design
- Collaborations, partnerships and knowledge exchange
- Self-identity and impression management
- Attitude formation and change
- Human factors and the role of attitudes in the usability of new technology
- Transcendent qualitative research methodology
- Use of qualitative research in evaluation
Activities
- principal investigator for the Understanding Public Attitudes to Road User Safety (DfT)
- Co-investigator on a study of business attitudes to transport (DfT),
- Co-investigator on a study into design and policy elements that increase cycling and walking in Yeovil(for Government Office of the South West),
- Co-investigator on the the rural travel behaviour of older people for the Grey and Pleasant Land research project (NDA ESRC grant)
- Co-investigator for the EU Renaissance Project
- Member of South West Region Co-operative
- Reviewer for bids submitted to the ESRC
- Reviewer for Applied Cognitive Psychology journal
- Reviewer for Ageing and Society journal
Recent Publications
Refereed Journal Papers
Chatterton, T., Coulter, A., Musselwhite, C., Lyons, G. and Clegg, S. (in press) Understanding how transport choices are affected by environment and health: Views expressed in a study on the use of carbon calculators. Public Health.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. (2006), Attitudes Towards Car Driving Behaviour: Categorising and Contextualising Risk. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 38, 324-333.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. and Freshwater, D. (2006). Mapping Competency, Skills and Standards in Mental Health. Nurse Education Today, 26, 277-285.
Barnett, M. L., Stevenson, C. J. and Musselwhite, C. B. A. (2003). The Recruitment and Retention of Seafarers Programme. Lloyds Ship Manager. July/August, 55-58.
Stevenson, C.J., Barnett, M.L. and Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2002) Seafaring recruitment and career prospects. Seaways, April, 12-13.
Barnett, M. L., Stevenson, C. J. and Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2001). Finders Keepers. Lloyds Ship Manager. July/August, 47-48
Other reports and publications
Owen, R., Sweeting, A., Clegg, S., Musselwhite, C. and Lyons, G. (2008). Public acceptability of road pricing. Final report, Department for Transport, London.
Coulter, A., Clegg, S., Lyons, G., Chatterton, T. and Musselwhite, C. (2008). Exploring public attitudes to personal carbon dioxide emission information. Final report, January. Department for Transport, London.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. and Haddad, H. (2007). Prolonging the Safe Driving of Older People through Technology. Final report, October 2007. Centre for Transport & Society, University of the West of England, Bristol.
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Freshwater, D., Schneider, K. and Galvin, K. (2005). Mapping of Education and Training for Mental Health Practitioners in the South West. Bournemouth: Institute of Health and Community studies, Bournemouth University. ISBN - 1-85899-194-3
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Vincent, C. (2005). Academic Centres in Practice Evaluation Report. Bournemouth: Institute of Health and Community studies, Bournemouth University.
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Walsh, L. and Freshwater D. (2005). Mental Health Awareness for Prison Staff A Case Study at HMP High Down. Bournemouth: Institute of Health and Community studies, Bournemouth University.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. (2004). Book review of T. Scott (2004). Integrative Psychotherapy in Healthcare: A Humanistic Approach (Palgrave Macmillian, Basingstoke). Journal of Social Work Practice, 18(3), 408-410.
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Freshwater, D., Jack, E. and Maclean, L. (2004). Mental health Awareness for Prison Staff, Bournemouth: Institute of Health and Community studies, Bournemouth University.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Jack, E. (2004). Mental Health Awareness for Prison Staff, Beacon, 5, 19-20.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2003). Education and Training for Mental; Health South West, Mental Health South West Bulletin, 1, 2.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2003). Mental Health Awareness Training for Prison Officers. Prison Healthcare, 13, 17-18.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2003). Mental Health Awareness in Prisons. Horizon, December, 23-24.
Habberley, J., Barnett, M. L., Gatfield, D., Musselwhite, C.B.A. and McNeil, G. M. (2001). Simulator Training for Handling Escalating Emergencies. Southampton: Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2000). Great Expectations: Interviews with Seafaring Cadets. Southampton: Warsash Maritime Centre.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2000). University Becomes Even More Exclusive. Commented response to the University Planning Board on improvements to University Road. Viewpoint, 409, 3-6.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Stevenson, C.J. (2000). Marketing Merchant Seafaring Careers. Southampton: Warsash Maritime Centre.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (1999). Induction Cadet Interviews: A preliminary report. Southampton: Warsash Maritime Centre.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (1998). The Life of a Seafarer. Southampton: Warsash Maritime Centre. Literature Review for the Recruitment, Selection and Retention Project. Southampton: Warsash Maritime Centre.
Conferences and presentations
Musselwhite, C. B, A, (2009). Exploring the public acceptability of road pricing. Proc. 41st Universities Transport Study Group Conference, University College London, January.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. (2008). Psychological factors that mediate and motivate risky driving behaviour amongst younger drivers Accepted paper presented at the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, 31st August - 4th September.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. and Haddad, H. (2008) An exploration into the travel needs of older people. Accepted paper presented at the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, 31st August - 4th September.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Haddad, H. (2008). Travel and well-being. Travel independence and car dependence: an exploration of older drivers travel and driving needs. Invited paper for presentation at the British Society of Gerontology Conference, Bristol, 6th September, 2008.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Haddad, H. (2008). Older men and their cars. Invited paper for presentation at the BA Festival of Science, Liverpool. 11th September 2008.
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Haddad, H. and Walker, I (2008). Self-identity, Impression Management and Driving Behaviour. Accepted paper presented at the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, 31st August - 4th September.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2008). Older Drivers, Travel and Later Life Learning Invited paper to the ESRC Older People and Learning Seminars, Leicester University, 13th March.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. and Haddad, H. (2008). A Grounded Theory exploration into the driving and travel needs of older people. Proc. 40th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, University of Southampton, Portsmouth, January
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2008). Older Drivers, Travel and Later Life Learning Invited paper to the ESRC Older People and Learning and Society Seminars, Leicester University, 13th March.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. and Haddad, H. (2008). A Grounded Theory exploration into the driving and travel needs of older people. Proc. 40th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, University of Southampton, Portsmouth, January.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. and Haddad, H. (2007). Putting your Foot Down. Invited paper for the Help the Aged/Research into Ageing Conference, Older People on the Move, University of Reading, 19th September.
Hussain, H. and Musselwhite, C. B. A. (2007). A Reflexive Case Study Addressing the Attitudes of Teachers towards Stress in a UK Secondary School. Paper presented at the British Education Research Association Conference, London, 5th-8th September.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. (2007). Travel Independence in Car Dependent Times. An exploration into how technology might help older drivers meet their travel and driving needs. Invited paper presented at Research for a Better Age Workshop, Hotel Penzance, Penzance, 10th August.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. (2006). Improving Public Acceptability of Road Pricing. Invited paper at ITS UK Environmental and Road Charging groups, Leeds University, 9th November.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. and Haddad, H. (2006). Prolonging safer driving through technology: user views. Invited paper at Transport for Older People Workshop, Leeds University, 26th October.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. (2006). Prolonging safe driving behaviour through technology: attitudes of older drivers. Paper presented at 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece. 16th - 21st July.
Musselwhite, C B A (2006). Swanage Transport Action Group. Getting People involved in Policy. Paper presented at the Older People in Rural Areas (OPeRA) Research Conference, Taunton, 4th July.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Vincent, C. (2006). Partnerships and Collaborations in Practice. Paper presented at 11th International Conference for the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK. 13th-14th March.
Vincent, C. and Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2005). Working together in harmony. The Practice Theory Gap and The Academic Centre in Practice. Paper presented at Clinical Governance Conference, Dorchester, 12th October.
Vincent, C. and Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2005). The academic centre in practice - three years in. An evaluation of a collaborative venture between higher education and health trusts. Paper presented at the Nurse Education in Practice Conference, Salford University, Salford, UK, June 15th.
Musselwhite, C. B. A. (2004). Mental Health Awareness Training for Prison Officers: Developing a Mental Health Liaison Officer Role. Paper presented at the NACRO Conference, Nottingham University, UK, 13-14th September.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2004). Technological Humps and Having the Hump with Technology. Paper presented at the International Conference on Traffic & Transport Psychology, Albert Hall, Nottingham, UK, 5th-9th September.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2004). Qualitative Training Needs Analysis in Prison Healthcare. Paper presented at 5th Qualitative Research Conference, Bournemouth University, UK, 6th - 7th September.
Walsh, L. and Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2004). Mental Health Awareness Training for Prison Officers. Paper presented at the Mental Health Services at the Interface of Mental Disorder, Addiction and Crime Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 6th-9th June.
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Maclean, L. and Walsh, L. (2004). Mental Health Awareness for Prison Staff: A Case study at HMP High Down. Paper presented at the Sharing Good Practice in Prison Health Conference, Royal York Hotel, York, UK, 25th-26th May.
