Bayesian modelling approaches provide natural ways for researchers in many disciplines to structure their data and knowledge, and they yield direct and intuitive answers to scientific questions (see https://bayesian.org/Bayes-Explained). In this course, students will learn how to construct Bayesian models to relate (potentially complex) data to scientific questions, to fit such models fitting using statistical programs (R, JAGS and/or STAN), to interpret model results and lastly, to check model assumptions.