About Patrick Kurtz

Patrick Kurtz is a private investigator, criminologist, author, editor, publisher and researcher. He lives with his wife, Maya Grünschloß, and their two children, Ian and Enlil, alternately in Germany, in Barcelona and on the Isle of Skye.

Born a “Römer” and grandson of the Central German local historian Hilmar Römer, Patrick Kurtz studied Provincial Roman Archaeology, Psychology, Comparative Literature and German Studies at the universities of University of Oxford, Leipzig University, University of Marburg and University of Hagen. In addition to editing Aidan Johnstone’s memoirs under the title Livingstones Mahnung, he published the academic volume Von Ovid, Grass und Tintagel Castle – Wissenschaftliche und Essayistische Ausflüge in die Europäische Literatur in 2012.

Furthermore, Patrick Kurtz has pursued studies—at varying levels of intensity—on topics such as prehistory; religion and mythology; the origin, development and nature of the universe, of life (with a focus on biochemistry, particularly the DNA molecule) and of consciousness; philosophy; police violence; climate change; as well as democracy, demagogy and disinformation in the 21st century. In doing so, he consistently shows interest both in established academic scholarship and in alternative scientific approaches, while also looking beyond a purely Western perspective. Among his additional interests and passions are music (he is a multi-instrumentalist), Rishi Yoga, scuba diving (PADI-certified) and various forms of athletic activity.

Driven by personal interest and a natural aptitude for combination, deduction and analysis, Patrick Kurtz completed professional training as a private detective in 2012/13 and has since worked commercially as an IHK-certified detective specialist. His academic and investigative focus in this regard lies in criminology, applying insights from human ethology.

His further qualifications in the fields of investigation and security include the IHK certificate of competence pursuant to § 34a of the German Trade Regulation Act, the commercial firearms proficiency examination pursuant to § 7 of the German Weapons Act, certified knowledge of immediate life-saving measures and defibrillator instruction, certification as an intervention officer according to VdS standards, and even qualification as a lift attendant pursuant to TRBS 3121.

Language Skills: German, English and Spanish (conversationally fluent), as well as—at varying levels of basic vocabulary and conversational proficiency—Italian, French, Catalan and Greek. Patrick Kurtz also holds the Latinum and is familiar with the Hebrew alphabet.

Patrick Kurtz is regularly consulted as an expert by television, radio and print media as well as other institutions, including the University of Potsdam as an advisor within the framework of a research project, and—often repeatedly—by Sat.1, RTL, ZDF, BBC Worldwide, WDR Radio, Galileo (ProSieben), Klett-Cotta Fachbuch, the Der Tagesspiegel, “Die Wirtschaft Köln”, Weser-Kurier, Merkurist Frankfurt, Offenbach-Post, Antenne Münster, Sat.1 NRW, Bild, MDR Television, MDR Radio (including Figaro), NDR Television, Der Spiegel, the IHK magazine, VICE Magazine, ze.tt (youth magazine of DIE ZEIT), pflichtlektüre (WAZ Media Group), Kinder- und Jugendmagazin tut, Blick, Watson (all Switzerland), the Berlin Security Academy, Star FM Berlin, Radio NPR Berlin, Radio Wuppertal, Leipziger Volkszeitung, Dresdner Morgenpost, Sächsische Zeitung and Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, as well as serving as a “maxperte™” for the online streaming service maxdome.

Since 2016, he has been a continuous and committed supporter of the Neven Subotić Stiftung.

If you are interested in booking Patrick Kurtz for lectures or media productions, please use the following link:

https://www.patrick-kurtz.com/kontakt-vortrags-und-medienproduktionsbuchung/.