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McGill-led researchers developed a model of the factors that go into citizens' calculations about whether to bribe officials, information that can help authorities fight corruption. Even in countries where corruption is rife, "bribery is situational, and people consider lots of different elements when they are considering whether to give a bribe," explained Aaron Erlich , an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill and one of three co-authors of a recent paper in Comparative Political Studies .

Sometimes you just can't win, and that goes double for people navigating the increasingly polarized political landscape in the United States. Having nuanced opinions of politics in the U.S. turns out to be a very lonely, and unpopular, road, according to a recent study from a research team that includes assistant professor Aviva Philipp-Muller from Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business.