Noah Businger, born in Stans in 1993, studied history and geography at the University of Bern (2017-2023), specialising in early modern Swiss history. His master’s thesis examines the city of Basel as a hub for war resources during the War of the Spanish Succession.
During his studies, Noah worked as a student assistant and tutor at the Department of Swiss History at the University of Bern. He also writes regularly as a freelance journalist on historical topics for various media. Since October 2024, he has been a PhD student at the Department of Swiss History at the University of Bern under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nadir Weber and an associate researcher of the Republican Secrets project. His dissertation project investigates the procurement and distribution of war resources in the neutral Swiss Republic of Basel in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The study pays particular attention to the clandestine trade in war resources and the role of state actors in facilitating economic secrecy.
His research interests include the political, social and economic history of the early modern Swiss Confederacy, wartime economic practices, early modern neutrality, and the business of war within the European fiscal-military system.