Category Archives: Networks

An in-depth look at our many subject area networks and what each has to offer.

SSRN Q&A: Andre De Quadros (Music Network)

Music is a continually evolving subject area that connects researchers, and scholars in other disciplines, in a variety of interesting ways. André de Quadros is a leader in creating and expanding these connections and we are very excited to work with him. He recently shared his thoughts with me from Asia via Skype (when he [...]
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SSRN Q&A: John Peters (GSE Research)

Sustainability is one of the hottest areas of scholarly research, and SSRN’s newest research network. GSE Research sponsors our Sustainability Research Policy Network. I’ve known its founder John Peters for a few years and recently caught up with him to ask a few questions about the what, how, and why of sustainability and working with SSRN. Q: [...]
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Libraries: Keeping It Real

via I was at MIT a few days ago and had the opportunity to participate in Erik Brynjolfsson‘s class at Sloan School of Management. It was a fun class.  We discussed the early days of SSRN, bundled services, and electronic resources in general. During the conversation, I asked the MBA students if they knew where [...]
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Kauffman Foundation’s Economic Bloggers Forum

As many of you know, we have worked closely with The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to create our Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network (ERPN). Earlier this year, they held the first Economics Bloggers Forum and I was fortunate to be able to participate.  It was a wonderful event and a great opportunity to meet and [...]
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Weekly Announcements – July 6, 2009

Here is the latest announcement from SSRN: Loyola University Chicago School of Law Joins LSN Research Paper Series We are pleased to announce that Loyola University Chicago School of Law has started a Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN). View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Loyola-U-PUB.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Loyola-U-PUB First Issue: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/sample_issues/1410172_CMBO.html [...]
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