David Christian
Department of Modern History, Politics and International Rel
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
David Christian (D.Phil. Oxford, 1974) is by training a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union, but since the 1980s he has become interested in world history and in history at very large scales and across many disciplines. He began teaching Russian and European history at Macquarie University in 1975; from 1989 he also began teaching courses in Big History. In 2001 he took up a position at San Diego State University, where he taught courses on World History, Big History, World Environmental History, Russian History, and the History of Inner Eurasia. In January 2009 he returned to Macquarie University, where he has mainly taught Big History.
Research Interest
• Leadership • Teams • Employee attitudes and performance • Underemployment and overqualified employees • Unemployment • Research methods; Employee surveys
Publications
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Pfeiffer F, Bech M, Bunk O, Kraft P, Eikenberry EF, Brönnimann C, Grünzweig C, David C. Hard-X-ray dark-field imaging using a grating interferometer. Nature materials. 2008 Feb 1;7(2):134.
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Weitkamp T, Diaz A, David C, Pfeiffer F, Stampanoni M, Cloetens P, Ziegler E. X-ray phase imaging with a grating interferometer. Optics express. 2005 Aug 8;13(16):6296-304.
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Pfeiffer F, Weitkamp T, Bunk O, David C. Phase retrieval and differential phase-contrast imaging with low-brilliance X-ray sources. Nature physics. 2006 Apr 1;2(4):258-61.
