Case Study

Technology against peer violence

An app to address a pressing social problem built with experts from the SWPS University.

  • Team size16

  • IndustryEdtech

  • CountryPoland

  • Collaboration2019 – now

Two phones with the RESQL app: a home screen about monitoring and countering school violence, and an illustration under the "material violence" category.
A desktop screen and two phones with the RESQL app: a team page with two contacts and comic-style illustrations about peer violence.

About the service

We have created an application for schools, through which students report incidents of peer violence, and teachers can react, monitor the scale of violence in their institution and prevent further cases.

The application, called RESQL, is very intuitive. Students install it on their phones and if they witness or experience violence themselves. They can report it in the app by selecting a relevant incident category. The reporting person may remain anonymous or disclose his/her data. The information about the incident is forwarded to the intervening teacher. The teacher, together with other educators, assesses the problem and reacts. Each teacher has access to intervener’s panel containing all the necessary information and incoming reports.

The RESQL system was recognized as the greatest social innovation in the competition organized during the 13th INTARG 2020 International Fair. The project won the “Pro Societas Bono” Grand Prix and the Diamond Award. A year later, the system won first place in the Warsaw Booster’21 programme. Later, the system won the title of Innovator of Mazowsze 2021 in the accelerator programme for start-ups. In 2022, the RESQL team received the Prize of the Minister of Education and Science for ‘Achievements in the field of implementation activities’.

We created the system working pro bono, while its further development and support, as well as popularization among schools, will be carried out by the spinoff company that we founded with SWPS.

Illustrated app screens about material violence among peers, with cartoon characters and a list of example behaviours.

The most important information:

Pro bono
project
Months
5
Of the Minister of Education
prize

Why was it important?

  • In its report “An Everyday Lesson: #ENDviolence in Schools”, UNICEF warns that nearly 150 million children worldwide have experienced peer violence in the last 12 months.
  • Bullying affects 48% of students aged 13-15 in Poland. Its consequences are serious, ranging from low mood to suicidal thoughts.
  • At Speednet, many of us are parents. We believe technology can serve societies and solve problems, so we did what we do best – we wrote good code.

What is included in this service

In this project we engaged 16 of our experts – backend, frontend, Android and iOS developers, DevOps, tester, UX/UI designer, product owner and project manager. We completed the project in the SCRUM methodology, developing the beta version in 5 months. It took us 4 months to get to the live version.

Desktop and mobile screens of the RESQL app showing an implementation scheme with illustrated characters, on a yellow and blue background.

In retrospect, one of the smartest choices and decisions RESQL has made to date was the selection of a technology partner. Speednet fits the template of an ideal consortium and partner. Of course, we couldn’t have known this before entering into the collaboration. At the time, all we could see was the enthusiasm and fascination with the idea of the RESQL system on the part of Speednet’s board members. Today we can unequivocally state that, apart from enthusiasm and commitment, we have got from Speednet competent cooperation, professional service and, what is very important in this relationship, always quick response to our needs. I am very pleased that in such a large undertaking as the RESQL school peer violence prevention system we have such a trusted partner in our team.

Piotr CiszekPresident, RESQL

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Michał GrelaHead of Growth

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