https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/ Research, Strategy & Analysis. I study relationships between people, institutions and technologies, from everyday practices to political processes and public decision-making. My work brings together anthropological research, professional experience in security and public policy, and strategic foresight, with a particular focus on Latin America. en https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/entre-humanos-y-plantas/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/entre-humanos-y-plantas/ Working Paper 01 · version 1.0 · Published on this site. An ethnography of care, the senses and shared learning in home cannabis cultivation in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Patricio Maffei Gaido Working paper Human–plant relations Cannabis https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/how-many-doses-are-in-a-kilogram-of-drugs/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/how-many-doses-are-in-a-kilogram-of-drugs/ Analysis · version 1.0 · Published on this site. Kilograms are measured; doses are estimated. How the same seizure of cannabis, cocaine or MDMA gives different figures depending on the unit chosen, with a calculator. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Patricio Maffei Gaido Analysis Security & organised crime Research methods Regulation & public policy https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/indice-cosecha-cogollos-cannabis/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/indice-cosecha-cogollos-cannabis/ Research Note 01 · version 1.0 · Published on this site. Definitions, conversion between fresh and dry mass, and the requirements of a comparable experimental design for the harvest index of Cannabis sativa. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Patricio Maffei Gaido Research note Research methods Cannabis https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/plan-bandera-crimen-organizado-rosario/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/plan-bandera-crimen-organizado-rosario/ Working Paper 02 · version 1.0 · Published on this site. State coordination, descriptive results and the limits of evaluation in the federal intervention against criminal networks in Rosario, Argentina. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Patricio Maffei Gaido Working paper Security & organised crime State institutions https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/leer-la-hoja-cannabis/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/leer-la-hoja-cannabis/ Research note · Published on this site. How a visible change in a leaf becomes a sign for the grower: a reading of Peirce and Kohn on perception, interpretation and learning. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Patricio Maffei Gaido Research note Human–plant relations Anthropological theory Cannabis https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/agencia-vegetal-percepcion-sensorial/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/agencia-vegetal-percepcion-sensorial/ Essay · Published on this site. How the sensory learning involved in growing cannabis widens anthropological attention to plant life, without attributing human intentions or senses to plants. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Patricio Maffei Gaido Essay Human–plant relations Anthropological theory Cannabis https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/de-la-agencia-y-otras-hierbas/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/de-la-agencia-y-otras-hierbas/ Essay · Published on this site. What the material, public presence of the plant does at a cannabis exhibition, and how it takes part in relations between people, practices and objects. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Patricio Maffei Gaido Essay Human–plant relations Anthropological theory Cannabis https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/estigma-prohibicion-cannabis-estados-unidos/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/estigma-prohibicion-cannabis-estados-unidos/ Essay · Published on this site. How the stigma attached to cannabis was built in the United States, and the agency of those who promoted it and those who bore it: a historical and anthropological essay. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Patricio Maffei Gaido Essay History Regulation & public policy Cannabis https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/public-security-index/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/public-security-index/ Research report · Published. Comparative research on public security and citizen safety in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, examining patterns of violence, institutional capacities and state responses. Patricio Maffei Gaido Research report Security & organised crime Latin American politics https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/transition-chile-paraguay/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/transition-chile-paraguay/ Conference paper · Published. A comparative analysis of democratic transitions in Chile and Paraguay, focusing on time, sequencing and political agreement as factors in pacted institutional reform. Patricio Maffei Gaido Conference paper Latin American politics State institutions https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/inteligencia-artificial-crimen-organizado/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/inteligencia-artificial-crimen-organizado/ Research article · In the editorial process. How artificial intelligence expands the capabilities of transnational organised crime, and which responses states can develop, with emphasis on the Argentine case. Patricio Maffei Gaido Research article Strategic foresight Security & organised crime State institutions https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/los-tuyos-y-los-mios/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/los-tuyos-y-los-mios/ Publication · Published. Examines the joint work of El Salvador’s Armed Forces and National Civil Police between 2000 and 2010, with attention to the institutional arrangements through which military and police roles were coordinated. Patricio Maffei Gaido Publication Security & organised crime State institutions Latin American politics https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/industrial-assumption-cannabis-regulation/ https://maffeigaido.com/en/writing/industrial-assumption-cannabis-regulation/ Research article · In the editorial process. How an inclusive regulatory framework can rely on verification instruments calibrated to an imagined, firm-shaped producer. Patricio Maffei Gaido Research article Regulation & public policy State institutions Cannabis