International audienceAs part of a contemporary movement to produce knowledge on the plurality of research contexts and practices, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, we propose in this article to examine a singular context for learning the practice of research in geography. Through the experience of a doctoral student who is completing his thesis as part of a Convention industrielle de formation par la recherche (Cifre) scheme and multi-disciplinary, multi-partner project-based research, the authors look at the specific features of research practices and adaptations in this working context. The doctoral student then asks himself to what extent his doctoral research topic has been inspired and energised by this multidiscipli...