

A bit about myself first
My name is Elian Pergola and I like to describe myself as an ambitious, young storyteller. I'm a podcast creator, digital storyteller and historian, but really I'm mostly a creative entrepreneur.
As co-founder at What's Next Media, I coordinate its daily operations and follow up on its projects. I love to combine my passions for human interest, media and creativity to come up with impactful projects.
In other words: I'm never not doing anything...
Student@Night Podcast
20 September 2020
1 December 2021
UNLABELED for The Warmest Week (VRT)
I am launching my own podcast series for the first time. Giving young people, students a platform in their own talk show: Student@Night!
As youth ambassador for DWW21, I am creating the very first DWW podcast. It appears on VRTNU, the predecessor of VRTMAX.
Elian goes entrepreneuring
1 May 2022
The blood goes where it cannot go. It itches too fiercely to do anything. I apply for my company number and an adventure begins.
28 June 2023
Co-founder What's Next Media
In Femke Thijs I find a companion-de-route. With a similar vision, we founded What's Next Media: giving young people a voice in the media.
Sept - Dec 2023
Internship with the United Nations (FAO)
Networking, stakeholdership management and diplomacy: as a historian I learned about them in books and in Rome I apply them in practice at FAO.
01 March 2024
Board Member ISLI
I learned about the International Student Leadership Institute (ISLI) in 2018 as a student at Saint Francis College. Now I help organize its leadership training programs.
06 February 2025
Master of History
(KU Leuven)
My student life is over: as of today I can call myself Master of History (cum laude).
My thesis research was about the identity among the Italian diaspora in Limburg (BE).
To be continued...




















What have I to offer you?
Project management
Inventing a project, improving it or taking it to the next level? Tell me more. If I believe in something, I go for it and carry the project with me to the outside world.
Digital storyteller & creator
Whether it's a podcast, a docu or a radio show, I help develop your unique media project. Both in front of and behind the scenes, I play my part.
Historian: lectures and writing
As a modern historian (KU Leuven), I specialize in European migration & identities. My thesis research was on the Italian diaspora in Limburg.
Need a word or someone who knows what he is writing about? Here I am.
Moderator
The ideal moderator is someone who likes to chat, at least equally likes to listen and is not afraid of a contrarian comment. I happen to be able to do just that.
Creative webdesign
The page you scroll on? Self-made. An ideal website is one that stands out. Does this intrigue you? Then you've come to the right place.


Let's drink a coffee!
As a Belgian with Italian roots,
there is always an opportunity for a nice coffee. Just let me know when...(you know: busy schedule and all that)


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