ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Social Science Research Network

Imagine you want to learn about something new like unicorns. You can ask your friends, look for books or search on the internet. The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is like a big library on the internet where grown-ups can find and share information and research about different topics like unicorns.

Researchers, scholars, professors and students from all over the world use SSRN to share their findings and ideas about many things like history, politics, economics, psychology and more. They write papers and articles, and upload them to the SSRN website, so people like you and me can read them.

If you were studying unicorns, you would go to the library or search online for books or articles about unicorns. Similarly, scholars in different fields use SSRN to find and read research that other people have done on a subject they are interested in.

SSRN helps researchers find other researchers who are interested in similar topics and collaborate together. It's like a big playground where people can share and play around with their ideas before sharing them with the bigger world.

In summary, the Social Science Research Network is an online library where grown-ups can share their research and ideas about many different topics to learn more from each other.