About Patrick Kurtz

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

 

As a native "Römer" and grandson of the Central German local historian Hilmar Römer, he studied Provincial Roman Archaeology, Psychology, Comparative Studies, and German Studies at the Universities of Oxford, Leipzig, Marburg, and Hagen. In addition to publishing Aidan Johnstone’s memoirs under the title Livingstones Mahnung, he released in 2012 the scholarly volume Von Ovid, Grass und Tintagel Castle – Wissenschaftliche und Essayistische Ausflüge in die Europäische Literatur.  .

 

Furthermore, Patrick Kurtz has pursued studies with varying intensity on topics 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; as well as democracy, demagoguery, and disinformation in the 21st century. His interests consistently span both established scientific disciplines and alternative approaches, looking beyond the Western perspective. His other 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 aptitude for combination, deduction, and analysis, Patrick Kurtz completed training as a private investigator in 2012/13 and has since worked professionally as an IHK-certified detective. His academic and investigative focus lies in criminology, applying insights from human ethology.

His additional qualifications in investigation and security include the IHK proficiency exam under § 34a GewO, commercial firearms certification under § 7 WaffG, certification in life-saving first aid and defibrillator use, VDS intervention training, and even elevator operator certification according to TRBS 3121.

 

Languages: German, English, Spanish (all conversationally fluent), as well as basic to intermediate proficiency in Italian, French, Catalan, and Greek. He also holds the Latinum and is familiar with the Hebrew alphabet.

 

Patrick Kurtz is regularly consulted as an expert by television, radio, print media, and other institutions, including the University of Potsdam as a research advisor, as well as – frequently multiple times – 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 ZEIT), pflichtlektüre (WAZ Media Group), the children’s and youth magazine tut, Blick, Watson (all Switzerland), the Berlin Security Academy, Star FM Berlin, Radio NPR Berlin, Radio Wuppertal, Leipziger Volkszeitung, Dresdner Morgenpost, Sächsische Zeitung, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, and also as “maxperte™” for the online streaming service maxdome.

 

Since 2016, he has been a consistent and committed supporter of the well:fair foundation, formerly the Neven Subotic Foundation, which is dedicated to providing as many people as possible in the so-called Global South with access to clean water.

 

For inquiries regarding booking Patrick Kurtz for lectures or media productions, please use the following link:
https://www.patrick-kurtz.com/kontakt-vortrags-und-medienproduktionsbuchung/.