This is a summary of the Literature Review conducted around practitioner research insocial services. The objective of the review was to establish the context for practitionerresearch and its impact on practice through identifying practitioner research undertaken in a social services context. The review formed part of an evaluation into the initiative taken by Children 1st and the Glasgow School of Social Work to develop apractitioner research programme. The evaluation was commissioned by the Institutefor Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) with funding from the ScottishGovernmentʼs Changing Lives Fund.