Capybara: school coexistence, bullying prevention, and Ley 21.809 compliance

Capybara is a school coexistence startup focused on conflict prevention, bullying prevention, and the promotion of healthy classroom relationships. It uses a brief, age-appropriate interaction to map classroom relationships and transform those interactions into evidence about cooperation, reciprocity, integration, leadership, isolation, and group fragmentation.

The platform supports school teams by identifying early relational signals, prioritizing preventive action, and providing clearer evidence for follow-up. In Chile, this work is especially relevant for the new school coexistence framework introduced by Ley N° 21.809, published on April 1, 2026, with provisions scheduled to enter into force on July 1, 2026. The law strengthens duties around good treatment, wellbeing, and the prevention and eradication of bullying, discrimination, and violence in educational communities.

Capybara builds on CRiSS-LAB research in experimental game theory, social networks, cooperation, and learning environments, translating those methods into a practical tool for school teams, sostenedores, and education decision-makers.

Cristian Candia
Cristian Candia
Associate Professor and Head of CRiSS-LAB, School of Engineering and School of Government, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.

My research interests include applied AI, computational social science, network science, collective intelligence, school coexistence, decision intelligence, and business analytics.

Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
Research Center for Social Complexity (CICS), Government School, Universidad del Desarrollo.