About Patrick Kurtz

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

 

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 Oxford, Leipzig, Marburg and 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 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, demagogy and disinformation in the 21st century. He maintains an interest both in academic research and in alternative scholarly approaches, and looks beyond a purely Western perspective. Among his other interests and passions are music (he is a multi-instrumentalist), Rishi Yoga, scuba diving (PADI-certified) and various forms of athletic activity.

 

Out of personal interest and a natural aptitude for combination, deduction and analysis, Patrick Kurtz completed training as a private investigator in 2012/13 and has worked commercially as a Chamber of Commerce-certified detective specialist since qualifying. His academic and investigative focus in this regard is criminology with the application of human ethological insights.

 

His further qualifications in the field of investigation and security include the Chamber of Commerce certificate of competence pursuant to § 34a GewO, the commercial firearms proficiency examination pursuant to § 7 WaffG, certification in life-saving emergency measures and defibrillator instruction, intervention officer pursuant to VdS, and even lift attendant pursuant to TRBS 3121.

 

Languages: German, English and Spanish (all fluent in conversation), as well as, with varying degrees 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 adviser within the framework of a research project, and frequently 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 Fernsehen, MDR Radio (including Figaro), NDR Fernsehen, Spiegel, the Chamber of Commerce magazine, VICE Magazine, ze.tt (youth magazine of ZEIT), pflichtlektüre (WAZ Media Group), the children’s and youth magazine tut, Blick, Watson (all Switzerland), Sicherheitsakademie Berlin, Star FM Berlin, Radio NPR Berlin, Radio Wuppertal, Leipziger Volkszeitung, Dresdner Morgenpost, Sächsische Zeitung, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, and also as a “maxperte™” of the online streaming service “maxdome”.

 

Since 2016, he has been a continuous and wholehearted supporter of the Neven Subotic Foundation.

 

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/.