Saree Kayne is pursuing a graduate degree focusing on how the International Olympic Committee influences the Olympic Games. Cities submit highly detailed bids to host future Olympics, demonstrating their ability to construct facilities and ensure security. The IOC then investigates top cities over 10 months before selecting among final candidates to host upcoming winter or summer Olympics through 2020 in Tokyo.

2.  Saree Kayne is currently working towards her
graduate degree in cultural anthropology at Stanford
University. Saree Kayne focuses her research on the
Olympic Games and how the event is influenced by
the International Olympic Committee.
Every two years, the world enjoys a winter or summer
Olympics. Host cities for the Olympics are generally
chosen well in advance, and in fact, host cities have
already been lined up through the 2020 summer
games in Tokyo, Japan. The selection process begins
with cities all over the world making official Olympic
bids to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

3.  Bids are highly detailed documents,
though the primary purpose of a bid is to
demonstrate that a city is capable of
constructing the facilities and space
necessary for either a winter or summer
Olympics. A bid should also describe a
city's public transit system and proposed
security measures for the event.

4.  Cities that make successful bids are
subsequently investigated by the IOC for a
period of 10 months. Cities that pass the initial
investigation are admitted to the second
phase of the bidding process as official
candidates. From that point, potential host
cities must pay an application fee as high as
$150,000 to remain in consideration. The fee is
used to discourage half-hearted bids from
cities ill-equipped for hosting such a large
event. The IOC considers the remaining
candidates and makes a final selection.