Abstract
The scientific faculties have developed, for a long time, profitable partnerships of research with the economic and productive
world. On the contrary, cooperation and examples of dialogue between humanities and the economical world are really few. This
study is concentrated on the students working on their degree on a project of cooperation between humanistic courses and
business organizations. The contribute describes inquiry steps and instruments adopted to promote a reflective attitude for the
students during the research process and it highlights the effects of the collaborative research on educational sciences students’
learning and on their professors, directors of thesis.