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, alternating between Germany, Barcelona (Spain) and the Isle of Skye (Scotland).

Born into the Römer family and as the 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 in subjects 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, demagoguery and disinformation in the 21st century. In doing so, he consistently shows an interest in both academic scholarship and alternative scientific approaches, while also 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 sporting activity.

Driven by both interest and a natural aptitude for combination, deduction and analysis, Patrick Kurtz completed training as a private investigator in 2012/13 and has been working commercially as an IHK-certified professional detective since graduating. His academic and investigative focus lies in criminology, particularly through the application of insights from human ethology.

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

Languages: German, English and Spanish (all fluent in conversation), as well as, to varying degrees of basic vocabulary and conversational ability, 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 by other institutions, including the University of Potsdam as an adviser within a research project. He has also appeared – often on multiple occasions – on Sat.1, RTL, ZDF, BBC Worldwide, WDR Radio, Galileo (ProSieben), Klett-Cotta Fachbuch, 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), the children’s and youth magazine tut, Blick, Watson (all Switzerland), the Security Academy Berlin, Star FM Berlin, Radio NPR Berlin, Radio Wuppertal, Leipziger Volkszeitung, Dresdner Morgenpost, Sächsische Zeitung, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, and also as a “maxperte™” for the online streaming service maxdome.

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

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/.