# Clionadh Raleigh Topic: [[Topics/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots|France 2026 Student Protests and Riots]] - **Who:** founder and CEO of ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data); political geography professor ⚠️ (affiliation not re-checked). - **Role in this topic:** ACLED's Oct 19, 2026 expert comment gave the scale data used here: about 66 demonstrations a day vs 20.5, 24.2% riots vs a 1.9% median, and the comparison with Nahel 2023. It found small towns peaceful and big-city escalation driven by "smaller groups".