Engaging Economics and Traffic Engineering Students in Community Issues Using the MultiCreation Approach

Abstract Effective teaching methods for the coming generations of pragmatic students and teachers are evolving towards much greater involvement on all sides, attempting to bridge real life academia in innova-tive ways. Our theoretical foundation lays upon Triple Helix, n-Tuple Helix theory innova-tion triangle, but a problem-based multidisciplinary setting. After introducing validating Mul-tiCreation approach teaching/learning business-academia collaboration, where multiple disci-plines, diverse profiles students, professors, managers have taken up various roles address relevant business issues, we were encouraged expand its applicability beyond world - toward societal problems. We retained participatory learning shifted positioning problem safety primary school children, incorporating economic, pro-ject-based, managerial, traffic engineering, logistical, regulatory, governance issues. By including two schools, collaborating with their principals, advisory teams, teachers, as well chil-dren parents, different cities, aimed provide complete research, engineering educa-tion stakeholders so that schools could just hand documentation municipal bodies be acted effectuation. The involved came from faculties -of economics steered by three university professors subjects project management basic advanced techniques management. blended components took place prescribed MultiCreation approach, during semesters academic years. They combined countermeasures solutions. has been enhanced regarding workflow effectiveness validated multi-stakeholder environ-ment direct indirect educational beneficiaries.