Job Description

Job Summary:
The Department of Real Estate & Urban Land Economics at the Wisconsin School of Business invites applications for tenure-track and tenured positions (Associate, or Full Professor) beginning in August 2025.

This position is part of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation, and Scholarly Excellence (RISE)-Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cluster Hire Initiative (https://rise.wisc.edu/rise-ai/). The successful candidate will hold a tenure home in the Department of Real Estate & Urban Land Economics while engaging in interdisciplinary collaborations with other departments, schools, and colleges across the University.

We are seeking a visionary leader whose expertise will drive the integration of AI into real estate finance and urban economics research and education. The ideal candidate will leverage advanced computational methodologies-such as machine learning, natural language processing, and data analytics-to develop and analyze complex datasets within real estate finance and urban spatial economics. We especially welcome AI-driven research in key areas such as real estate asset pricing, mortgage markets and mortgage-backed securities, residential and commercial real estate capital markets, spatial and urban economics, housing affordability and justice, environmental economics and sustainability, and urban housing policy. For instance, AI models may be employed to interpret zoning regulations and community planning documents using large language models (LLMs), offering a more nuanced understanding of regulatory impacts on urban development.

The Department of Real Estate & Urban Land Economics at UW-Madison is home to one of the oldest and most prestigious undergraduate real estate programs in the world, consistently ranked as the top program in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report. Founded by Richard T. Ely in 1925, the program offers undergraduate, MBA, MS, and Ph.D. degrees, and is renowned for its breadth and academic excellence.

Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain a strong program of research.
- Provide classroom and individual instruction for undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students.
- Contribute to the intellectual and academic life of the department, school, and university, as appropriate.
- Participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other departments, schools and colleges
- University and community service will be expected as appropriate.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:
Required
PhD in economics, finance, real estate, or related field required by start date.

Qualifications:
Candidates will have demonstrated high-quality research with publications in top-tier journals and have shown evidence of teaching excellence, and academic credentials to qualify for a tenured appointment at UW-Madison.