One biographer characterized Kauri as follows: "in all areas he created a professional stimulating environment for both young and older researchers.

The position included heading the museum, as well as lecturing on classification, faunistics, ecology, and animal geography.

Kauri had an enthusiasm and dedication to work that few could match, and he built a viable institute with classification and ecology as it key elements.

The Hardanger Plateau (Norwegian: Hardangervidda) project took place as part of the International Biological Program (IBP) and started in 1969.

Kauri continued his studies in Norway on horse-flies, daddy longlegs (Opiliones), and spiders.

As late as 1998 he produced an overview of spiders on the Hardanger Plateau, edited by Erling Hauge and Torstein Solhøy.