Research Theme: The aim of the EHESS France-Japan Foundation's urban studies research blog is to share and promote the content of recent research concerning the urban strategies of global cities in relation to the Olympic and Paralympic Games bids.Researches made in the framework for this research program at the FFJ aim to identify whether there is an Olympic urban project specific to cities and to establish its characteristics. After decades marked by pharaonic Olympic urban projects, with gigantic costs for public finances, the environment and local populations, an inflection appears in the bids. This blog aims to discuss these transformations.