About Patrick Kurtz

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

 

A native “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 FernUniversität in 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 of varying intensity in fields such as prehistory; religion and mythology; the origin, development and nature of the universe, life (with a focus on biochemistry, particularly the DNA molecule) and consciousness; philosophy; police violence; climate change; and democracy, demagogy and disinformation in the 21st century. He consistently demonstrates interest in both mainstream academic scholarship and alternative scientific approaches, and consciously looks beyond a purely Western perspective. His additional interests and passions include music (he is a multi-instrumentalist), Rishi Yoga, scuba diving (PADI-certified) and various forms of athletic activity.

 

Motivated 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 principal academic and investigative focus lies in criminology, applying insights from human ethology.

 

His further qualifications in the field of investigation and security include the IHK certificate of competence pursuant to § 34a of the German Trade Regulation Act (GewO), the commercial firearms proficiency certificate pursuant to § 7 of the German Weapons Act (WaffG), certified training in life-saving emergency measures and defibrillator use, certification as an intervention specialist (VdS) and even qualification as a lift attendant in accordance with TRBS 3121.

 

Language skills: German, English and Spanish (each conversationally fluent), as well as basic to intermediate vocabulary and conversational ability in Italian, French, Catalan and Greek. Patrick Kurtz also holds the Latinum qualification 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 a research project, and – in some cases repeatedly – by Sat.1, RTL, ZDF, BBC Worldwide, WDR Radio, Galileo (ProSieben), Klett-Cotta Fachbuch, Berliner Tagesspiegel, “Die Wirtschaft Köln”, Weser-Kurier, Merkurist Frankfurt, Offenbach-Post, Antenne Münster, Sat.1 NRW, BILD, MDR Television, MDR Radio (including Figaro), NDR Television, Spiegel, the IHK Magazine, VICE Magazine, ze.tt (youth magazine of DIE ZEIT), pflichtlektüre (WAZ Media Group), tut (children’s and youth magazine), Blick and Watson (Switzerland), Sicherheitsakademie Berlin, 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/.