Tobias is the Programme Officer in the Irregular Migration and Regional Priorities team. He joined the team in February 2026 and contributes to the RSO’s work on supporting Member States to identify current priorities through research and regional cooperation.
His professional journey includes research and field-operation work in Asia. Before joining the RSO, Tobias worked in Nepal in programs focused on Internally Displaced Persons as well as civil registration (Nepal’s Madhesh communities). Before that, he worked for the Cooperation Department of the French Embassy in Myanmar, on gender and human rights issues. Tobias was also a member of the Senior Advisory Committee of the International Youth Alliance for Peace, based in Sri Lanka.
Tobias holds an MPA from Tsinghua University and an MSc in Human Development from the University of Geneva.
Recommended book: The Narrow Corridor by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson– “The Narrow Corridor explores how freedom can be sustained over time through a dynamic balance of state power and an active empowered society. It provides great insights and is especially relevant for policy and programme work focused on resilience and regional cooperation.”
Email: tobias.colin@rso.baliprocess.net