Toon Taris (1962) received a MSc in administrative science and research methods (1988, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), and received a PhD from the same university in 1994 on a thesis that focused on the methodological aspects of the analysis of the work career trajectories of young adults. Subsequently he held several positions as a post-doctoral researcher. In 2000 he was appointed Assistant professor at the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology of the Radboud University of Nijmegen, where he was later appointed Associate and Full Professor (2006). In 2009 he was appointed Full Professor at the department of Social and Organizational Psychology of Utrecht University. He was Head of School from 2013 to 2020.

Taris has published over four hundred papers, chapters and books (here is an overview) in the area of work and organizational psychology and research methods. He is board member of several Dutch and international scientific journals, and Editor-in-Chief of Work & Stress, a leading journal in the area of occupational health psychology.

Taris is married (three children), lives in the heart of the Netherlands, and spends his leisure time (if any) on gardening, reading books, playing guitar, or on what he likes to think of as "home improvement" activities.