Une thèse CIFRE en collectivité territoriale : concilier la recherche et l’action ?

Abstract

In France, since the late 2000's, Industrial agreements of training by research (CIFRE) have increased for thesis students in Humanities and Social Sciences. However, it is a sensitive task for the student to find a balanced position between the academic and professional work, because having responsibilities and high expectations on both ends can lead to conflicts of interest. So how can research and professional activity conciliate in the framework of a CIFRE PhD? Through a specific "feedback" on the achievement of a PhD in the french public sector, we will question the main conflicts encountered in both the academic and the professional fields. We will see three major steps of the scientific production: the definition and treatment of the research object, the access to data, and the work restitution. Conflicts allow us to reveal what a Humanities and Social Sciences thesis can be, where lie its purposes are and what its distinctions from report or expertise are.Keywords : Action research, thesis, feedback, Humanities, Social Sciences, methodology

Keywords

• Keywords: Action research
• thesis
• feedback
• Humanities
• Social Sciences
• methodology