Patrick Kurtz is a private investigator, criminalist, 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 University of Hagen. In addition to editing Aidan Johnstone’s memoirs under the title Livingstones Mahnung, he published in 2012 the academic volume Von Ovid, Grass und Tintagel Castle – Wissenschaftliche und Essayistische Ausflüge in die Europäische Literatur.

 

Furthermore, Patrick Kurtz has pursued studies of varying intensity in subjects such as prehistory; religion and mythology; the origin, development and nature of the universe, life (with a focus on biochemistry, especially the DNA molecule) and consciousness; philosophy; police violence; climate change; as well as democracy, demagoguery and disinformation in the twenty-first century. In doing so, he consistently demonstrates interest both in established academic scholarship and in alternative scientific approaches, looking 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.

 

Out of interest and a natural inclination towards combination, deduction and analysis, Patrick Kurtz completed professional training as a private investigator in 2012/13 and has since worked commercially as an IHK-certified detective specialist. His academic and investigative focus lies in criminalistics, applying insights from human ethology.

 

His further qualifications in the field of investigation and security include the IHK expert examination pursuant to § 34a GewO, the commercial firearms proficiency examination pursuant to § 7 WaffG, certification in life-saving emergency measures and defibrillator training, qualification as an intervention specialist (VdS) and even certification as a lift attendant pursuant to TRBS 3121.

 

Languages: German, English and Spanish (fluent), as well as Italian, French, Catalan and Greek at varying levels of basic vocabulary and conversational proficiency. 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 by other institutions, including the University of Potsdam as an adviser within the framework of a research project, and repeatedly by Sat.1, RTL, ZDF, BBC Worldwide, WDR Radio, Galileo (ProSieben), Klett-Cotta (specialist publications), Der Tagesspiegel, Die Wirtschaft Köln, Weser-Kurier, Merkurist Frankfurt, Offenbach-Post, Antenne Münster, Sat.1 NRW, BILD, MDR Fernsehen, MDR Radio (including Figaro), NDR Fernsehen, Spiegel, the IHK magazine, VICE Magazine, ze.tt (youth magazine of Die ZEIT), pflichtlektüre (WAZ Media Group), tut (children’s and youth magazine), Blick, Watson (Switzerland), the Berlin Security Academy, Star FM Berlin, Radio NPR Berlin, Radio Wuppertal, Leipziger Volkszeitung, Dresdner Morgenpost, Sächsische Zeitung and Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, and also as a “maxperte™” of the online streaming service maxdome.

 

Since 2016 he has been a continuous and committed supporter of the Neven Subotic 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/.