This research is qualitative research that aims to study the causes of land conflicts between villagers in Thungsra-Panantung, Phatthalung Province, and Thaksin University Phatthalung Campus and conflicts resolution between the villagers and the University. The villagers had used the land for agricultural purposes for a long time, even though the land belongs to the state. Then, the University tried to extend the area of the Campus by asking for permission from the Ministry of Interior to use the land, from here, the land conflict started. In addition to this, the research aims to study the roles of a social movement called Banthat Mountain Range Land Reform Network in affiliated with The People's Movement for a Just Society (P-Move) whose roles are to empower the villagers. Research methodology is area-based research with participatory observation methods from documentary studies and in-depth interviews. The researchers interviewed key informants who are leaders of the community, the villagers who were affected by the land expansion of the University Campus, as well as local administration officers and the University staff.

The outcome of the research shows that the land conflict results from the expansion of land usage by Thaksin University Phatthalung Campus, which is the consequences of law enforcement of Thai state for resources management without consideration of character and format of land usage by a traditional way of local villagers, which lasted so long before the law enforcement and the main causes of conflict consists of five points, which are a structure for public land management, different information perception, the relation between state agents and community in the development process, interests of state agents and villagers in community and different values and opinion toward the conflicts. To find methods for conflict resolution according to the second objectives, the research finds that there are processes and methods for conflict resolution for example; negotiation, mediator by the third party. In addition to this, the villagers joined a social movement to put pressure on the university, demonstration and demand resolution from the government organization and constitutional independent organization, demanding government agencies to monitor and solve the problems as well as getting to juridical process. The suitable method for conflict resolution should be the practice of governmental mechanism with people and community participation with the reliable information that lead to reasonable decision-making outcome and mediator mechanism from third party or representatives from the local administration.