His ongoing research focuses on corruption, the rule of law, property rights, and political and economic transitions. Although his primary regional expertise is the former Soviet Union, he has also conducted research on Central-Eastern Europe and Latin America. His publications have recently appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Post-Soviet Affairs, Problems of Post-Communism, and Studies in International Comparative Development. Gans-Morse is at work on a new book manuscript, tentatively titled To Steal or to Serve? Motivations for Public Service in Corrupt States. Drawing on evidence from Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia, the study examines the roots of systemic corruption and investigates strategies for curtailing the predatory states that plague citizens throughout much of the world.