François Ortalo-Magné is chairman of the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, one of the top three real estate programs in the U.S. His research focuses on housing markets with emphasis on housing prices and transactions fluctuations, housing supply regulation, and how the internet is changing the way households buy and sell their homes. Professor Ortalo-Magné teaches undergraduate and MBA courses in Real Estate Finance and International Real Estate. He holds a research fellow position at the Toulouse School of Economics in France and serves as economic advisor to the French government on land use and housing issues. Professor Ortalo-Magné is an academic member of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE); he directs the annual AFIRE Foreign Investment Survey. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics is one of the oldest academic real estate programs in the world, and one of the best, consistently ranked as one of the top three real estate programs in the United States. The real estate faculty are top academics in the field and their research interests vary from REITs to institutional investments, land use regulatory policy, mortgage pricing, urban economics, housing and beyond. Internationally recognized for cutting-edge research and innovative teaching, they often advise policy makers on urban land use and other real estate topics. The Wisconsin School of Business prepares its graduates to be out in front by providing outstanding academics, strong career opportunities, state-of-the art facilities, and a network of more than 36,000 alumni around the world. In 2007, the School received an $85 million naming gift to preserve the Wisconsin School of Business name.