Guest Lectures by Prof. Rodrigo Cortina Cortes (Mexico)

Wykład otwarty prof. Rodrigo Cortina Cortes

We invite you to the Open Guest Lectures of Prof. Rodrigo Cortina Cortes:

  • Post-pandemic changes in the modus operandi of Mexican cartels
     
  • Preliminary findings from criminological research on the synthetic drug epidemic

The lecture will take place on October 25, 2024 at 10:00 AM in the Main Lecture Hall (Aula)

Wykład otwarty prof. Rodrigo Cortina CortesRodrigo Cortina Cortes - studied history at the prestigious Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. For the past 20 years, as an informal spiritual leader, he has been involved in working with local communities from marginalized parts of the country (Tepito, Tacubaya, Iztapalapa, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Zacatecas, Durango and Sinaloa), thanks to which he has observed the lifestyle of people involved in criminal activity. His unique perspective as both a practitioner and a researcher has allowed him to penetrate the environment of Mexican drug, arms and human trafficking. Since 2015, he has been collaborating with Prof. Piotr Chomczyński in his research on organized crime in Mexico. Rodrigo Cortina Cortes specializes in organized crime, including drug crime, drug markets and fieldwork methods. He is a co-author (with Piotr Chomczyński) of publications in the most prestigious scientific journals in Criminology (e.g. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Global Crime). Currently, together with Prof. Chomczyński, he is involved in work in an international research team that focuses on the analysis of the biographies of criminals in Latin America.

Selected publications by Rodrigo Cortina Cortes:

Chomczyński, P. A., Guy, R., & Cortina-Cortés, R. (2019). Front Business–Back Business: The Social Anatomy of Small-Time Drug Dealing in a Mexico City Neighborhood. "Journal of Contemporary Ethnography", 48(6), 750-772. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891241619827633

 

Guy, R., Chomczyński, P. A., & Cortés, R. C. (2022). The vanishing independent: adapting to the changing dynamics of drug trafficking organisations in Mexico. "Global Crime", 23(4), 392–406. https://doi.org/10.1080/17440572.2022.2117696

Chomczyński, P. A., Guy, R., & Cortés, R. C. (2023). Weed Central: Cannabis Specialists and Polydrug Vendors in Mexico City. "Journal of Contemporary Ethnography", 52(1), 58-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/08912416221085560

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